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Baku, Azerbaijan: Apsheron Peninsula, Baku, oil production
facilities. Commercial exploitation began in 1872, and by the
beginning of the 20th century the Baku oil field was the largest in
the world. Toward the end of the 20th century much of the land's
petroleum had been exhausted, and drilling had extended into the sea.
Baku ranks as one of the largest centers for the production of
oil-industry equipment. Other industries are shipbuilding and repair
and the manufacture of electrical machinery.
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