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...

country of eastern Transcaucasia. Occupying an area that fringes the southern flanks of the Caucasus Mountains, it is bounded on the north by Russia, on the east by the Caspian Sea, on the south by Iran, on the west by Armenia, and on the northwest by...

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,...

Country, Transcaucasia, western Asia. Area: 33,400 sq mi (86,600 sq km). Population (2005 est.): 8,381,000. Capital: Baku. Most residents are of Turkic origin, dating from the 11th century &AD;. Later migrations during the Seljūq period brought...

Azerbaijan (IPA: /ËæzÉbaɪËʤÉ'Ën/ (UK), /ËÉ'zÉbaɪËʤÉ'Ën/ (US); Azerbaijani: AzÉrbaycan), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: AzÉrbaycan Respublikası), is the largest and most populous country in the South Caucasus region...