Azerbaijan
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Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan), offeecially the Republic o Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Respublikası) is the lairgest kintra in the Sooth Caucasus region o Eurasie. Locatit at the crossroads o Eastren Europe an Wastren Asie,[5] it is boondit bi the Caspian Sea tae the east, Roushie tae the north, Georgie tae the northwast, Armenie tae the wast, an Iran tae the sooth.
Republic o Azerbaijan | |
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Location o Azerbaijan (green) | |
Caipital | Baku 40°25′N 49°50′E |
Offeecial leids | Azerbaijani |
Ethnic minority leids | Armenian (anerly in Nagorno-Karabakh), Avar, Budukh, Georgie, Juhuri, Khinalug, Kryts, Lezgian, Roushie, Rutul, Tat, Tatar, Tsakhur an Udi |
Demonym(s) | Azerbaijani |
Govrenment | Unitary dominant-pairty semi-presidential republic |
• Preses | Ilham Aliyev |
• Vice Preses | Mehriban Aliyeva |
• Prime Meenister | Ali Asadov |
Legislatur | Naitional Assembly |
Formation | |
• Democratic Republic | 28 Mey 1918 |
28 Aprile 1920 | |
• Independence from Soviet Union | 30 August 1991 (declared) 18 October 1991 (unthirldom) 25 December 1991 (completit) |
• Constitution adopted | 12 November 1995 |
Aurie | |
• Total | 86,600 km2 (33,400 sq mi) (112t) |
• Water (%) | 1.6 |
Population | |
• 2016 estimate | 9,754,830[1] (89t) |
• Density | 112.6/km2 (291.6/sq mi) (103rd) |
GDP (PPP) | 2016 estimate |
• Total | $167.905 billion[2] |
• Per capita | $17,688[2] |
GDP (nominal) | 2016 estimate |
• Tot | $35.686 billion[2] |
• Per capita | $3,759[2] |
Gini (2008) | 33.7[3] medium |
HDI (2013) | 0.751[4] heich · 76th |
Currency | Manat (₼) (AZN) |
Time zone | AZT (UTC+04) |
Drivin side | richt |
Cawin code | +994 |
ISO 3166 code | AZ |
Internet TLD | .az |
The exclave o Nakhchivan is boondit bi Armenie tae the north an east, Iran tae the sooth an wast, while haein a short borderline wi Turkey tae the northwast. The enclaves o Karki, Yuxarı Əskipara, Barxudarlı an Sofulu are surroondit bi Armenie an hae been controlled bi it syne the Nagorno-Karabakh War. The majority-Armenian populatit Nagorno-Karabakh region in the southwest o Azerbaijan declared itself independent frae Azerbaijan in 1991, but it is no diplomatically recognised bi ony naition an is still considered a de jure pairt o Azerbaijan, bein occupied bi Armenian forces.[6][7][8][9]
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic wis the first successfu attempt tae establish a democratic an secular republic in the Muslim warld.[10][11] Nouadays Azerbaijan, a naition wi a majority Turkic[12][13] an Shi‘ite Muslim[14] population, is a secular an a unitary republic wi an auncient an historic cultural heritage. Azerbaijan haes diplomatic relations wi 158 kinrtas sae far an haulds membership in 38 internaitional organisations.[15] Azerbaijan is ane o the foondin members o GUAM an the Organisation for the Prohibition o Chemical Weapons, an jynt the Commonwealth o Independent States in September 1993.[16] On 9 Mey 2006 Azerbaijan wis electit tae membership in the newly established Human Richts Council bi the Unitit Naitions General Assembly. The term o office began on 19 Juin 2006.[17] A Special Envoy o the European Commission is present in the kintra, which is an' a' a member o the Unitit Naitions, the OSCE, the Council o Europe, an the NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) program. The kintra an aa haulds observer status in the Non-Aligned Movement an Warld Tred Organisation an is a correspondent at the Internaitional Telecommunication Union.[15]