Azerbaijan#
Azerbaijan – a secular nation with a majority-Turkic and majority-Shia Muslim population – was briefly independent (from 1918 to 1920) following the collapse of the Russian Empire; it was subsequently incorporated into the Soviet Union for seven decades.
Government type: presidential republic. Chief of state: President Ilham ALIYEV (since 31 October 2003).
Facts#
Capital |
Baku (Baki, Baky) |
Region |
Southwestern Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Russia, with a small European portion north of the Caucasus range |
Area |
total : 86,600 sq km; land: 82,629 sq km; water: 3,971 sq km |
Population |
10,694,370 (2025 est.) |
Languages |
Azerbaijani 96.1%, other 1.4%; less than 1%: Russian, Avar, Talyshi, Turkish, Tatar, Sakhur, Tat, Ukrainian, Georgian, Hebrew (2019 est.) |
Currency |
Azerbaijani manats (AZN) |
Time zone |
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ccTLD |
.az |
Refugees#
Camps hosting refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) inside the country. Operators use this to track population movement, NGO and UN footprint, humanitarian access corridors, and the political pressure conflict generates on the host. Cross-reference UNHCR Operational Data Portal, IOM DTM, and ReliefWeb before relying on the entry.
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Population |
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Location |
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