18/11/2020 · Territory of present-day Azerbaijan becomes part of Russian empire while southern Azerbaijan is part of Persia. Twenty years later, the world's first oil well is drilled south of Baku.

The country regained independence in 1991 following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Azerbaijan is one of the six modern independent Turkic states. 95% of its population are Muslims, 85% are Shia Muslims and 15% Sunni Muslims, making Azerbaijan the country with the second highest Shia population percentage in the world after Iran.

25/01/2022 · 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. Azerbaijan remains involved in the protracted Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Armenia.

Azerbaijan borders the Caspian Sea and Caucasus Mountains. The Muslim-majority country is a secular state with strong traditions of religious tolerance. Substantial energy resources drove rapid growth during the early 2000s, until a decline in global oil prices since mid-2014 spawned an economic downturn. Efforts are now underway to implement significant financial and …

OFFICIAL NAME : Republic of Azerbaijan; FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Republic; CAPITAL: Baku; POPULATION: 10,046,516; OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: Azerbaijani; MONEY: Azerbaijani manats; AREA: 33,436 square miles...

10/11/2011 · Azerbaijan is an oil and gas rich nation that hugs the western shore of the Caspian Sea. Bordering Iran, Georgia, Russia and Armenia, it has a population of 9.6 million people, according to the ...

Azerbaijan is situated on the northern edge of the subtropical zone. Its climatic diversity is the result of its particular geographical location and landscape, the proximity of the Caspian Sea, the effect of sun’s radiation and air masses of different origin. The climate in …