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Republic of Azerbaijan
Azərbaycan Respublikası
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Anthem: Azərbaycan marşı
(March of Azerbaijan)
National Anthem of the Republic of Azerbaijan instrumental.ogg

Location of Azerbaijan
Location of Azerbaijan
Capital
(and largest city)		Baku
40°25′N49°50′E / 40.417°N 49.833°E / 40.417; 49.833
Official language(s)Azerbaijani
Ethnic groups 91.60% Azerbaijani
2.02% Lezgian
1.35% Armenian
1.34% Russian
1.26% Talysh
2.43% other
DemonymAzerbaijani
GovernmentUnitarypresidentialconstitutional republic
 - PresidentIlham Aliyev
 - Prime MinisterArtur Rasizade
LegislatureNational Assembly
Statehood formation
 - Caucasian Albania
4th century BC 
 - Atabegs of Azerbaijan
1135 
 - Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
28 May 1918 
 - Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
28 April 1920 
 - Independence
from the Soviet Union
Declared
Completed


30 August 1991
18 October 1991 
 - Constitution of Azerbaijan adopted
12 November 1995 
Area
 - Total86,600 km2 (114th)
33,436 sq mi 
 - Water (%)1.6%
Population
 - 2011 estimate9,165,000[1] (89th)
 - 1999 census7,953,438 
 - Density105.8/km2 (103th)
274.1/sq mi
GDP (PPP)2011 estimate
 - Total$93.055 billion[2] 
 - Per capita$10,201[2] 
GDP (nominal)2011 estimate
 - Total$62.321 billion[2] 
 - Per capita$6,832[2] 
Gini (2008)33.7[3] (medium) 
HDI (2011)increase 0.731[4] (high) (76th)
CurrencyManat (AZN)
Time zoneAZT (UTC+04)
 - Summer (DST) (UTC+5)
Drives on theright
ISO 3166 codeAZ
Internet TLD.az
Calling code994

Source: CIA World Factbook
Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of July 26, 2012

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