Azerbaijan

Basic facts about Azerbaijan

Country name: Azerbaijan
Capital: Baku
Country code: 208
Continent: Middle East
Currency name: Azerbaijani manat
Independence: 1991-10-18 00:00:00
Independent from: 30 August 1991 declared from the Soviet Union;adopted by the Supreme Council of Azerbaijan
Total area (km2): 86,600
Land area (km2): 82,629
Water area (km2): 3,971
Population: 9,590,159
Population note: 9,590,159 (July 2013 est.)
Official language: Azerbaijani
All languages: Azerbaijani (Azeri) (official) 90.3%, Lezgi 2.2%, Russian 1.8%, Armenian 1.5%, other 3.3%, unspecified 1% (1999 census)
Time zone: AZT (UTC+04) - Summer (DST) (UTC+5)
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Drive on: right
Calling code: 994
Domain: .az