Azerbaijan

Republic o Azerbaijan Azərbaycan Respublikası  (Azerbaijani)
Banner Emblem
Anthem:  Azərbaycan marşı "Mairch o Azerbaijan"
Location o Azerbaijan (green)
Caipital	Baku 40°25′N 49°50′E / 40.417°N 49.833°E / 40.417; 49.833
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
• Soviet Socialist Republic	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

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.

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]

1. ↑ "Azərbaycanda Əhalinin Sayı Açıqlandı" [Population of Azerbaijan Announced] (in Azerbaijani). 15 December 2014.^{[deid airtin]}
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} "Azerbaijan". International Monetary Fund.
3. ↑ "Gini Index". World Bank. Retrieved 2 Mairch 2011.
4. ↑ "Human Development Index, 2012 Update". United Nations. 2011. Archived frae the original on 21 Januar 2012. Retrieved 15 Juin 2012. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)
5. ↑ Azerbaijan mey be considered tae be in Asie an/or Europe. The UN classification o warld regions places Azerbaijan in Wastern Asie; the CIA World Factbook CIA.gov Archived 2009-06-10 at the Wayback Machine, NationalGeographic.com, an Encyclopædia Britannica an' a' place Georgie in Asie. Conversely, numerous sources place Azerbaijan in Europe such as the BBC NEWS.bbc.co.uk, Oxford Reference Online OxfordReference.com, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, and www.worldatlas.com.
6. ↑ Резолюция СБ ООН № 822 от 30 апреля 1993 года
7. ↑ Резолюция СБ ООН № 853 от 29 июля 1993 года
8. ↑ Резолюция СБ ООН № 874 14 октября 1993 года
9. ↑ Резолюция СБ ООН № 884 от 12 ноября 1993 года
10. ↑ Tadeusz Swietochowski. Russia and Azerbaijan: A Borderland in Transition. Columbia University Press, 1995. ISBN 0-231-07068-3, 9780231070683, p.69.
11. ↑ Reinhard Schulze. A Modern History of the Islamic World. I.B.Tauris, 2000. ISBN 1-86064-822-3, 9781860648229.^{[page needit]}
12. ↑ "Country Profile: Azerbaijan". British Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO). 2009. Archived frae the original on 10 Apryle 2008. Retrieved 7 Julie 2009."Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 10 Apryle 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2022.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
13. ↑ "Azerbaijan". World Factbook. CIA. 2009. Archived frae the original on 10 Juin 2009. Retrieved 4 Juin 2009. Archived 2009-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
14. ↑ "Azerbaijan". Background Note. U.S. Department of State. 2009. Retrieved 4 Juin 2009.
15. ↑ ^{a b} "AUK Foreign Office – Country Profiles: Azerbaijan". FCO.gov.uk. Archived frae the original on 31 Julie 2003. Retrieved 26 Mey 2007. Cite has empty unkent parameter: |coauthors= (help)
16. ↑ "US State Department 1993 Country Reports on Economic Practice and Trade Reports: Azerbaijan". Archived frae the original on 10 Julie 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
17. ↑ "Elections & Appointments – Human Rights Council". Un.org. Retrieved 3 Januar 2009.