Baku
About Baku
Baku is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region. Baku is 28 metres (92 ft) below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world and the largest city in the world below sea level. Baku lies on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, along the Bay of Baku. Baku's urban population was estimated at two million people as of 2009. Baku is the primate city of Azerbaijan. It is the sole metropolis in the country, and about 25% of all inhabitants of the country live in Baku's metropolitan area.
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The city had 120,000 people at the start of June, and by the end of June, there were only 20,000 people left in Baku. People had fled out of Baku, but it meant that they'd taken cholera with them on the trains and the boats to the whole rest of Russia.
from 373: No Such Thing As The Handshake Police, 2021-05-14 at 00:04:27 · read transcript
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Side you know you can make your own decision but don't decide wrong James you just absolutely torched our Azerbaijan tour next year so thanks a lot for that um wow and this museum yeah it's quite new if you look in Baku i think a few of you will know this because like they've had football tournaments and stuff there but they built a whole load of new stuff in Baku quite recently um but one thing about i noticed when looking in the.
403: No Such Thing As The Buckingham Palace All-Day Breakfast, 2021-12-10 · listen
Roll of carpet for people at home we've just put a picture of it on the screen and i think that undeniably looks like a giant roll of carpet yeah it's awesome it's really amazing yeah where is it this is in Baku in Azerbaijan and this is something that i noticed when i was reading about a carpet war between Azerbaijan and Armenia um on top of the actual war they're having but the carpet war they're not the most lethal weapons are they.
403: No Such Thing As The Buckingham Palace All-Day Breakfast, 2021-12-10 · listen
Wow. This museum, yeah, it's quite new. If you look in Baku, I think a few of you will know this because they've had football tournaments and stuff there, but they've built a whole load of new stuff in Baku quite recently. One thing about, I notice when looking in the interior of this, is that all the floors are paved with marble. It doesn't seem to be a single carpet that's not behind the prospects.
No Such Thing As The Buckingham Palace All-Day Breakfast, 2021-12-10 · listen
Wasn't James, wasn't there a bizarre thing that happened with one of the British teams, or two British teams, that got to the final of some cup, and they had to, it was Arsenal and someone, right? They had to fly. I think it was Chelsea against someone. Chelsea Spurs or Chelsea Arsenal or something. Yeah, then the final was in Baku, I think, in Azerbaijan, and they both had to go all the way over there for it. That was in the UEFA Cup, possibly. Wow. I didn't realise that this place is basically in the islands of Japan, isn't it?
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