Baku

Azerbaijan

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 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 is estimated at over two million people. Baku is the primate city of Azerbaijan.

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Country: Azerbaijan
Population: 2,122,300
Latitude: 40.4° N
Longitude: 49.86° E

Which way is Baku from…

From Paris, Baku lies at 86° to the east, 3,809 km as the crow flies.

Paris	86° east	3,809 km
London	88° east	3,970 km
New York	39° north-east	9,363 km
Madrid	72° east	4,463 km
Rome	80° east	3,108 km
Montreal	40° north-east	8,931 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	355° north	6,838 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Due east: that is how you aim at Baku from London, at 88°, 3,970 km away, whereas a flat map would say 108°, further south. Baku lies exactly on Madrid’s latitude, and on New York’s too, from where the map says due east, 90°, and the compass 39°, north-east. A nearby landmark: Yerevan is due west, 454 km away.