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Capital Azerbaijan : |
Baku (Baki) .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country Azerbaijan :
| Armenia (with Azerbaijan-proper) 566 km, Armenia (with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave) 221 km, Georgia 322 km, Iran (with Azerbaijan-proper) 432 km, Iran (with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave) 179 km, Russia 284 km, Turkey 9 km .
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| Climate Azerbaijan :
| dry, semiarid steppe .
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| Life expectancy Azerbaijan :
| 63.25 years .
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| Fertility rate Azerbaijan :
| 2.39 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type Azerbaijan :
| republic .
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| Population Azerbaijan :
| 7,868,385 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total Azerbaijan :
| 86,600 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Azerbaijan :
| 923,800 (2002) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Azerbaijan :
| 870,000 (2002) .
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| International Country Code Azerbaijan :
| 994.
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| Current account balance Azerbaijan :
| $-2.021 billion (2003) |
| HIV Azerbaijan :
| less than 0.1% (2003 est.) |
| Population below poverty line Azerbaijan :
| 49% (2002 est.) |
| Literacy Azerbaijan :
| 97% |
| House hold income lowest than 10% Azerbaijan :
| 2,80% |
| House hold income highest than 10% Azerbaijan :
| 27.8% (1995) |
| Inflation Azerbaijan :
| 2.1% (2003 est.) |
| Unemployment Rate Azerbaijan :
| 1.1% (official rate is 1.2%) (2003 est.) |
| Internet Users Azerbaijan :
| 300,000 (2002) |
| Location Azerbaijan :
| Southwestern Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Russia, with a small European portion north of the Caucasus range |
| Geographic Coordinates Azerbaijan :
| 40 30 N, 47 30 E |
| Religion Azerbaijan :
| Muslim 93.4%, Russian Orthodox 2.5%, Armenian Orthodox 2.3%, other 1.8% (1995 est.) |
| Administrative region Azerbaijan :
| 59 rayons (rayonlar; rayon - singular), 11 cities* (saharlar; sahar - singular), 1 autonomous republic** (muxtar respublika) |
| Terrain Azerbaijan :
| large, flat Kur-Araz Ovaligi (Kura-Araks Lowland) (much of it below sea level) with Great Caucasus Mountains to the north, Qarabag Yaylasi (Karabakh Upland) in west; Baku lies on Abseron Yasaqligi (Apsheron Peninsula) that juts into Caspian Sea |
| Elevation extremes lowest Azerbaijan :
| Caspian Sea -28 m |
| Elevation extremes highest Azerbaijan :
| Bazarduzu Dagi 4,485 m |
| Natural resources Azerbaijan :
| petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, nonferrous metals, alumina |
| Land use arable land Azerbaijan :
| 19,63% |
| Land use permanentcrops Azerbaijan :
| 2,71% |
| Irrigated land Azerbaijan :
| 14,550 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards Azerbaijan :
| droughts |
| Environment current issues Azerbaijan :
| local scientists consider the Abseron Yasaqligi (Apsheron Peninsula) (including Baku and Sumqayit) and the Caspian Sea to be the ecologically most devastated area in the world because of severe air, soil, and water pollution; soil pollution results from oil spills, from the use of DDT as a pesticide, and from toxic defoliants used in the production of cotton |
| Geography note Azerbaijan :
| both the main area of the country and the Naxcivan exclave are landlocked |