Qafqaz University

Baku Engineering University (Azerbaijani: Bakı Mühəndislik Universiteti) is a higher education institution which functions as a public legal entity under the Ministry of Education of Azerbaijan Republic. Baku Engineering University's mission is "to prepare engineers at all levels of higher education, execute programs of higher and additional education in this sphere, and conduct fundamental and applied scientific research."

Absheron District (Azerbaijani: Abşeron rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. Located in the east of the country, it belongs to the Absheron-Khizi Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Khizi, Gobustan, Baku, Hajigabul, Salyan, and the city of Sumgait. Its capital and largest city is Khyrdalan. As of 2024, the district had a population of 432,816. Although the district shares the same name as the Absheron Peninsula, the area covered by the district is not conterminous, being further west and mostly inland.

Masazir (Azerbaijani: Masazır; also Masazyr) is a settlement and municipality in the Absheron District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 18,967 and lies on the Lake Masazir.

Xırdalan (Khyrdalan) is a city, municipality and the capital of the Absheron District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 95,200. Khyrdalan is home of country's biggest brewery Baltika Baku, previously known as Khyrdalan . A monument to Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was erected in 2007 in the city. Similarly, a statue of Heydar Aliyev was erected in Cairo in 2008. In the wake of the 2011 Egyptian protests, the Azerbaijani opposition, led by the Musavat Party, demanded the demolition of the statue, calling it a "worship of idols". On 8 June 2011, the statue was taken down following Mubarak's resignation.On 29 November 2006, the settlement gained city status after its approval by the National Assembly of Azerbaijan.

Bank Respublika Arena, former Alinja Arena, is a multi-use stadium in Masazır settlement of Absheron, Azerbaijan. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 8,600 people and opened in 2014.

Hökməli (also, Hokmaly and Hökmely) is a village and municipality in the Absheron Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 4,463.

Jeyranbatan reservoir (Azerbaijani: Jeyranbatan su anbarı) is a reservoir in the Absheron Rayon in eastern part of Azerbaijan. It is located between Baku and Sumgayit cities (today an official territory of Baku), next to Ceyranbatan settlement. In Azerbaijani language, Jeyranbatan means "the place where the gazelle has drowned" which refers to an ancient legend related to the naming of the city of Sumgayit.

Güzdək (also, Gyuzdek) is a village and municipality in the Absheron Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 2,145.

Masazirgol (Azerbaijani: Masazır gölü), or Lake Masazir, is a salty lake in Masazir, Azerbaijan, located on the Absheron Peninsula on the west coast of the Caspian Sea. The overall area of the lake is 10 km2. Large volumes of chloride and sulphate are concentrated in ion composition of the water. A new salt making plant was built here in 2010 for production of 2 Azeri brands of salt. The estimated amount of recoverable salt is 1,735 million tons. It is available in liquid (water) and clay forms.

Saray (also, Sarai) is a village and the most populous municipality after the capital Xırdalan, in the Absheron Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 37,700.

Sulutəpə (also, Sulutepe or Sulu Tepe) is a settlement in Baku, Azerbaijan. The settlement forms part of the municipality of Biləcəri in Binəqədi raion.It is an unofficial township built up in the 1980s by rural migrants and refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh. There is oil there, and oil wells, on the land occupied by residents, ownership being claimed by "Binagadi Oil", which is, in turn, owned by the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) and the Company "Global Energy Azerbaijan" which is registered in the Virgin Islands. Attempts by the oil company to evict squatters and demolish illegal construction have been controversial with residents strongly contesting the oil companies claims. It was reported that on April 17, 2012 a mob of local residents attacked oil company employees demolishing houses and that the employees, in turn, severely beat a local Azeri reporter, Idrak Abbasov, while he was filming the incident.

Samur–Absheron channel (Azerbaijani: Samur-Abşeron kanalı) is an irrigation channel in Azerbaijan flowing from Russia-Azerbaijan border to the Jeyranbatan reservoir.