| Baku White City | |
| Settlement Type: | Modern District |
| Native Name: | Bakı Ağ Şəhər |
| Image Alt: | Baku White City project, View to Nobel avenue |
| Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Azerbaijan |
| Subdivision Type1: | City |
| Subdivision Name1: | Baku |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Xətai-Khatai |
| Established Date: | 24 December 2011 |
| Area Total Km2: | 6.21 |
| Population Total: | 50,000 |
| Populataion Projected: | 130,000 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | AZT |
| Utc Offset: | +4 |
| Coordinates: | 40.382°N 49.888°W |
The master plan of Baku White City (Azerbaijani: Bakı Ağ Şəhər in Azerbaijani pronounced as /bɑˈcɯ ɑx ʃæˈhæɾ/) refers to the re-development of a portion of Black City, 221-hectare land area, conceptualized to be part of the 2021 strategic plan for Baku.[1] [2]
The project was designed by Atkins and Foster and Partners.[3] Around 75 per cent of the project will be residential units, creating a new community of 19,700 households for about 50,000 people as well as commercial and leisure units that will provide up to 48,000 jobs.[4] The project was completed in 2022.[5]
In 2014, the Lycée français de Bakou (Baku French Lyceum) located in White City was inaugurated by President Ilham Aliyev.[6] In 2015, the eastern part of the Baku Boulevard, the city's seaside promenade, was extended by two kilometers to cover the coastal part of White City,[7] which also became the site of the newly built Boulevard Hotel Baku.[8]
The opening ceremony of Baku White City took place on 24 December 2011. President Aliyev and his wife Mehriban Aliyeva attended an opening ceremony of Baku White City project on the 26 December 2016. The vice president and the head of state observed the first settlements on Green Island. They also laid the foundation stone for Fountains Square park, a pedestrian passage and a public parking complex.
In 2015, the Baku White City Office Building became the first property in Azerbaijan to be awarded BREEAM certification on international ecological standards with the rating of Good.[9]
From November 19, 2023 modern and comfortable buses are at the service of passengers on regular route number 4 (Nariman Narimanov - White city residential area).
The Baku White City Metro Station is under construction in this area by Baku Metro.
In February 2012, the government of Azerbaijan announced that it is planning to restore the tram line in Baku. A new line had to be laid along the seaside promenade of Baku Boulevard in central Baku as part of the Baku White City development project. Since then, Formula One made Alstom change the plans and the route of this tram line, which is never happened and project was not implemented yet.