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Baku



Baku (pop. 1,500,000), capital of Azerbaijan. On the southwest shore of the Apsheron peninsula in the Caspian Sea, Baku is an oil refining center as well as an important port, industrial center, and railroad center.

See also: Azerbaijan.

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