Azerbaijan Azerbaijan borders the Caspian Sea on the east, Russia on the north, Georgia and Armenia on the west, and Iran on the south. Its total area is about 86,600 square kilometers (33,425 square miles), and the capital city is Baku. The total...

(2002 pop. of Republic 8.1 million), (2002 pop. of East Azerbaijan, Iran, 3.4 million), (2002 pop. of West Azerbaijan, Iran, 2.8 million). Azerbaijan is a mountainous region in West Asia, bounded by the eastern Caucasus, northwestern Zagros range,...

Azerbaijan Republicy Azarbaichan Respublikasy CAPITAL: Baku FLAG: Three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), red, and green; a crescent and eight-pointed star in white are centered in the red band. ANTHEM: Azerbaijan National Anthem, composed by...

Azerbaijan POPULATION 7,798,497 MUSLIM 86 percent OTHER 14 percent Country Overview Introduction The Republic of Azerbaijan, bordered on the east by the Caspian Sea, was until 1991 a part of the former Soviet Union. To the north is Russia, to the...

Azerbaijan (IPA: /ˌæzəbaɪˈʤɑːn/ (UK), /ˌɑzɚbaɪˈʤɑːn/ (US); Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Respublikası), is the largest and most populous country in the South Caucasus region...

Azerbaijan's security agency said Saturday that 15 people convicted this week of treason had passed information on U.S., British and Israeli activities in the ex-Soviet republic to Iranian intelligence.The National Security Ministry gave new details about the group, which allegedly passed to Iranian agents details...

A group of militant Islamists planned to attack the U.S. Embassy and other government buildings in Azerbaijan with stolen military grenades and assault rifles but were thwarted by security forces, officials said Monday.The National Security Ministry said the group had planned a "large-scale, horrifying terror...

Officials in Azerbaijan, a nation with a questionable human rights record and huge oil reserves, on Friday welcomed Moscow's call to use a Russian-leased radar installation in their country as the cornerstone of a proposed U.S. anti-missile system.Elmar Mammadyarov, Azerbaijan's foreign minister, said in the...

A 16-story building collapsed while under construction in Azerbaijan's capital, killing eight people, authorities said Wednesday.The building collapsed Tuesday, and rescuers were still searching the site after nightfall Wednesday. An emergency official, Kamil Bagirov, said rescuers believed workers were still trapped."We hope there are people...