City of Winds
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The City of Winds is an unofficial, literary name for Baku mainly, because it is almost windy throughout the year. The name derives from the ancient Persian name of this locality: بادکوبه (Bādkube, lit. "pounding winds"). There are two winds common to Baku: cold and rough Khazri; and mild and gentle Gilavar. The former is associated with negative and the latter is associated with the goodness, forming an important chain in Azerbaijani mythology and believes, related to the struggle of the Good and the Evil.
Despite having one of the dirtiest chemical industry centers of the former Soviet Union in one of its suburbs, Sumgait, Baku's air remains relatively clean due to the air purification process by these winds.
[edit] Khazri
Khazri ("Xəzri" in Azeri, meaning "of/belonging to the Caspian Sea") is a cold wind, speed of which sometimes rises to 35-40 m/sec and so damaging economy and infrastucture[1], and making obstacles to the ships and ferries on the Caspian Sea. It enters Absheron peninsula from north, north-west and north-east. One prominent Azeri poet used Khazri as a penname(Nabi Khazri).
[edit] Gilavar
Gilavar is a warm wind entering the peninsula from south and south-east, warming the weather in winter and making it hotter in summer[2].
