Chërnyy Gorod

Black City is the general name for the southeastern neighbourhoods of , which once formed its suburbs. In the late 19th and early 20th century it became the main location for Azerbaijan's oil industry, and the area's name derives from the smoke and soot of the factories and refineries.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Locality
  • Description: human settlement in Azerbaijan
  • Also known as: “Cherni Gorod”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museum of Modern Art and Military Trophies Park.

Museum
Photo: M. PINARCI, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Baku is a located in , .

Museum
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The Military Trophy Park, also referred to as War Trophies Park is a public park in , the capital of , containing war trophies seized by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces from the Armenian Army and the Artsakh Defence Army during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

Metro station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0.
is a Baku Metro station. It was opened on 22 February 1968. It was formerly called Shaumyan and is named after the Shah Ismail I Khatai.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include White City and Keşlə.

Locality
Photo: Ayla Gasimova, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Baku is a planned urban development in the district of . It is part of the 2021 strategic plan for . It refers to the re-development of a portion of Black City, a 221-hectare land area.

Suburb
Keshla is a settlement and municipality in , .

Photo: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital of and is the largest city in the . 's Old Town has UNESCO World Heritage status. Many cultures and architectural styles mix in , in particular Turkish-Islamic elements meet strong Western European and Russian-Eastern European influences.

Chërnyy Gorod

Latitude
40.38333° or 40° 23′ north
Longitude
49.88333° or 49° 53′ east
Elevation
-5 metres (-16 feet)
Open location code
8HGF9VMM+88
Geo­Names ID
586854
Wiki­data ID
Q5118935
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Russian—“Chërnyy Gorod” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Chërnyy Gorod”
  • Russian: “Джхерны Город”

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