Talk:Baku

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Ethnic makeup[edit]

The history section mentions the Pogrom/ethnic murders of the Armenians in 1918, but strangely neglects to mention the one in 1989, which wiped out all Armenians in the city, as indicated in the section on "Ethnic makeup" charts where the Armenian population goes from 16.5% of the city (167,226 people) to 0.02% of the city (378 people). That seems a pretty significant event to gloss over, especially given how recent it was historically. Instead the section jumps from talking about the ethnic makeup in the 1800s, talks about how they're overwhelmingly ethnically Azerbaijani now, then skips over the rest inbetween and talks about general population stats. That seems to be a glaring omission given how it happened

Significant geography feature[edit]

The article's introduction mentions the fact that the city is below sea level. Surely the "Geography" section should expand on that, at least to indicate the actual "altitude"? Robin Patterson (talk) 03:40, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]