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

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