Absheron Peninsula

The Absheron Peninsula (Azerbaijani: Abşeron yarımadası) is a peninsula in Azerbaijan. It is host to Baku, the biggest and the most populous city of the country, and also the Baku metropolitan area, with its satellite cities Sumgayit and Khyrdalan.

There are three districts, of which two are urban (Baku and Sumgayit), and one (Absheron Rayon), is suburban district in Absheron region.

It extends 60 km (37 mi) eastward into the Caspian Sea, and reaches a maximum width of 30 km (19 mi). Though technically the easternmost extension of the Caucasus Mountains, the landscape is only mildly hilly, a gently undulating plain that ends in a long spit of sand dunes known as Shah Dili, and now declared the Absheron National Park. In this part the peninsula is dissected by ravines and characterized by frequent salt lakes.

Origin of the name

The etymology is as follows: The word Absheron consists of a few parts. Ab means water, shour means salty and an is the suffix that makes plural in Persian. So, Abshouran, which came out these words, means "place of salty water". This is also the name of a city in Russia which is called Apsheronsk.

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Rainless Weather Expected In Baku

MENA FN 31 Mar 2025
(MENAFN - AzerNews) Rainless and cloudy weather is expected in Baku and the Absheron Peninsula on March 31, Azernews reports citing National Hydro-Meteorological Service. A mild southeast breeze ... .
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