What is Baku Zoo?
{{Infobox zoo |zoo_name=Baku Zoo<br>Bakı Zooloji Parkı |image=Baku Zoo.jpg |image_caption=Baku Zoo entrance |logo= |logo_width= |logo_caption= |date_opened=1928 |location=[[Baku]], [[Azerbaijan]] |coordinates={{Coord|40.3930|49.8490|type:landmark_scale:2500|display=it}} |area={{Convert|4.25|ha|abbr=on}} |num_species=168 |num_animals=1200 |exhibits = |members= |website= }} '''Baku Zoo''' ({{lang-az|Bakı zooloji parkı}}) is a state [[zoo]] in [[Baku]]. It is the oldest zoo in [[Azerbaijan]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kXvRDwAAQBAJ&dq=Baku+zoo+oldest+in+azerbaijan&pg=PT104|title=Insight Guides Pocket Baku (Travel Guide eBook)|last=Guides|first=Insight|date=2020-02-01|publisher=Apa Publications (UK) Limited|isbn=978-1-83905-224-8|language=en}}</ref> When it opened in 1928, it was in Lunacharski Park.<ref name=Azerb>{{cite web |url=http://www.azerbaijans.com/content_1006_en.html |title=Azerbaijan |publisher=azerbaijans.com |access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref> In 1942 it was moved to its present location.<ref name=Azerb/> It belongs to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan and to the [[Municipality]] of Baku city. The total area of the zoo is {{Convert|4.25|ha}}.<ref>[http://www.day.az/news/society/188331.html В бакинском зоопарке будет увеличена площадь вольеров для хищников] {{in lang|az}}</ref> The zoo is currently home to over 1,200 [[animal]]s. There are over 160 [[species]].<ref>[http://vyshka.azeurotel.com/arxiv/2001/17/6.htm Запарка вокруг зоопарка] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715232749/http://vyshka.azeurotel.com/arxiv/2001/17/6.htm |date=2018-07-15 }} {{in lang|az}}</ref> It will soon be replaced by a new zoo near [[Güzdək]] on the [[Absheron Peninsula]].<ref name=NZB>{{cite web |url=http://teas.eu/news-new-zoo-baku |title=New zoo for Baku |publisher=The European Azerbaijan Society |access-date=15 October 2015 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305025009/http://teas.eu/news-new-zoo-baku |url-status=dead }}</ref>