The Baku gradonachalstvo was a municipal district (gradonachalstvo) based around the city of Baku in the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The Baku gradonachalstvo was formed in 1906 on the territory of the Baku uezd of the Baku Governorate following the ArmenianâÂÂTatar Massacres, until its disestablishment after the revolution of 1917. The area of the Baku gradonachalstvo corresponded to the Absheron Peninsula, located in easternmost present-day Azerbaijan.
The police precincts ( ) of the Baku gradonachalstvo in 1917 were as follows:
The prefectures () of the Balakhano-Subunchi Police Precinct in 1917 were as follow:
The rural communities () of the Balakhano-Subunchu Police Precinct in 1917 were as follows:
According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Baku gradonachalstvo had a population of 405,829 on , including 235,892 men and 169,937 women, 173,489 of whom were the permanent population, and 232,340 were temporary residents: