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What Is the Capital of Azerbaijan?

Baku is on UTC+4 — UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time). Daylight saving time: does not observe daylight savings time.

Among the capitals of neighbouring countries, Tbilisi (Georgia) is the closest, 446 km away in a straight line.

Baku

The capital of Azerbaijan is Baku. About 2.4 million people live in the Baku urban area — 23.7% of the country's population.

2.4 million

Urban area population

UTC+4

Time zone (+ daylight saving)

40.38°N

Latitude · 49.87°E

Yes

Largest city

Baku at a glance

The name may derive from the Old Persian word badkuba, meaning "windward" and referring to its windy location on the shore of the Caspian Sea.

UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time). Daylight saving time: does not observe daylight savings time.

40 23 N, 49 52 E · IANA time zone Asia/Baku

Southwestern Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Russia, with a small European portion north of the Caucasus range

Straight-line distance between capitals.

The capital of Azerbaijan is Baku. About 2.4 million people live in the Baku urban area — 23.7% of the country's population.

Yes — Baku is also the largest urban area of Azerbaijan (2.4 million).

Baku is on UTC+4 — UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time). Daylight saving time: does not observe daylight savings time.

The name may derive from the Old Persian word badkuba, meaning "windward" and referring to its windy location on the shore of the Caspian Sea.

Among the capitals of neighbouring countries, Tbilisi (Georgia) is the closest, 446 km away in a straight line.

Data: CIA World Factbook (public domain); population: World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0).