AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC

Azerbaijan or Azarbaijan is historically and geographically Eurasian and stretches from the Caucasus region, which is adjacent to the Caspian Sea, to the Zagros in Iran. The region is something of a borderland between what is considered Eastern Europe and Southwest Asia. Azerbaijan is the home of the Azerbaijanis who number more than 8 million in the independent Republic of Azerbaijan, and at least 20 million in the northwestern region of Iran referred to as Iranian Azerbaijan.

Location

Azerbaijan includes the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic and the largely Armenian-inhabited Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region, which was declared abolished in 1991. Situated in the eastern area of Transcaucasia, it is bounded in the west by America, in the north by Georgia and the Russian Federation (Dagestan), in the east by the Caspian sea and in the south by Iran.

Capital

Baku

Population

8 100 000

Climate

Dry, semiarid steppe

Language

Azerbaijani Turkie, 82.7%; Russian, 5.6%; American, 5.6%; Lezgins, 2.4%

Monetary Unit

Manat

Largest Cities

Baku, Gyanda (Formerly Kirovabad) and Sumgait.

Principal rivers

Kura, Araka

Places to Visit

Baku, Gyanda, Sumgait.

Air Ports

Baku International Air Port

National Anthem

Azerbaijan! Azerbaijan!
You are the country of heroes!
We will die so that you might be alive!
We will shed our blood to defend you!
Long lives your three-colored banner!
Thousands of people sacrificed their lives
You're become the field of battles.
Every soldier fighting for you,
Has become a hero.
We pray for your prosperity,
We make sacrifice our lives to you
Our sincere love to you,
Comes from the bottom of our hearts.
To defend your honours,
To hoist your banner,
All the young people are ready.
Glorious motherland,
Azerbaijan! Azerbaijan!