Azerbaijan Republic
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Republic of Azerbaijan
Azərbaycan Respublikası (Azerbaijani)
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![Location of Azerbaijan (green) and Nagorno-Karabakh[a] (light green).](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Azerbaijan_with_Nagorno_Karabakh_region.svg)
Location of Azerbaijan (green) and Nagorno-Karabakh (light green).
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| Capital |
Baku 40°25′N 49°50′E / 40.417°N 49.833°E |
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| Official languages | Azerbaijani | ||||
| Ethnic minority languages | Armenian (only in Nagorno-Karabakh), Avar, Budukh, Georgian, Juhuri, Khinalug, Kryts, Kurdish, Lezgian, Russian, Rutul, Talysh, Tat, Tsakhur and Udi | ||||
| Demonym | Azerbaijani | ||||
| Government | Unitary dominant-party semi-presidential republic | ||||
| Ilham Aliyev | |||||
| Mehriban Aliyeva | |||||
| Artur Rasizade | |||||
| Legislature | National Assembly | ||||
| Formation | |||||
| 28 May 1918 | |||||
| 28 April 1920 | |||||
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• Independence from Soviet Union
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30 August 1991 (declared) 18 October 1991 (independence) 25 December 1991 (completed) |
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• Constitution adopted
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12 November 1995 | ||||
| Area | |||||
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• Total
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86,600 km2 (33,400 sq mi) (112th) | ||||
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• Water (%)
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1.6 | ||||
| Population | |||||
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• 2016 estimate
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9,754,830 (89th) | ||||
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• Density
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112.6/km2 (291.6/sq mi) (103rd) | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2016 estimate | ||||
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• Total
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$167.905 billion | ||||
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• Per capita
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$17,688 | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2016 estimate | ||||
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• Total
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$35.686 billion | ||||
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• Per capita
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$3,759 | ||||
| Gini (2008) | 33.7 medium |
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| HDI (2013) | 0.751 high · 76th |
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| Currency | Manat (₼) (AZN) | ||||
| Time zone | AZT (UTC+04) | ||||
| Drives on the | right | ||||
| Calling code | +994 | ||||
| ISO 3166 code | AZ | ||||
| Internet TLD | .az | ||||
| Ethnic composition (2009) | |
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| Azerbaijani | 91.60% |
| Lezgian | 2.02% |
| Armenian | 1.35% |
| Russian | 1.34% |
| Talysh | 1.26% |
| Other nations | 2.43% |
Azerbaijan (
i/ˌæzərbaɪˈdʒɑːn/ AZ-ər-by-JAHN; Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Respublikası), is a country in the South Caucasus region, situated at the crossroads of Southwest Asia and Southeastern Europe. It is bound by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west and Iran to the south. The exclave of Nakhchivan is bound by Armenia to the north and east, Iran to the south and west, while having an 11 km border with Turkey in the north west.
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