Azerbaijan

Republic of Azerbaijan Azərbaycan Respublikası (Azerbaijani)
Flag National emblem
Anthem: Azərbaycan marşı "March of Azerbaijan"
Location of Azerbaijan (green) with territory controlled by the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic shown in light green.^[a]

Capital and largest city	Baku 40°23′43″N49°52′56″E / 40.39528°N 49.88222°E / 40.39528; 49.88222
Official languages	Azerbaijani^[1]
Ethnic minority languages	Armenian Avar Budukh Georgian Juhuri Khinalug Kryts Kurdish Lezgian Russian Rutul Talysh Tat Tsakhur Udi
Ethnic groups (2009^[2])	91.6% Azerbaijani 2.0% Lezgian 1.4% Armenian 1.3% Russian 1.3% Talysh 2.4% others
Religion	96.9% Islam 3.0% Christianity 0.1% Other^[3]
Demonym(s)	Azerbaijani
Government	Unitary semi-presidential republic^[4]

• President	Ilham Aliyev
• Vice President	Mehriban Aliyeva
• Prime Minister	Ali Asadov
• National Assembly Speaker	Sahiba Gafarova

Legislature	National Assembly
Formation

• Democratic Republic	28 May 1918
• Soviet Socialist Republic	28 April 1920
• Independence from Soviet Union	30 August 1991 (declared) 18 October 1991 (independence) 25 December 1991 (completed)
• Full membership into the CIS	21 December 1991
• Admitted to the United Nations	2 March 1992
• Constitution adopted	12 November 1995

Area
• Total	86,600 km² (33,400 sq mi) (112th)
• Water (%)	1.6
Population
• 2019 estimate	10,127,874^[5] (91st)
• Density	115/km² (297.8/sq mi) (99th)
GDP (PPP)	2019 estimate
• Total	$189.050 billion^[6]
• Per capita	$18,793^[6]
GDP (nominal)	2019 estimate
• Total	$45.284 billion^[6]
• Per capita	$4,498^[6]
Gini (2005)	26.6^[7] low
HDI (2018)	0.754^[8] high · 87th
Currency	Manat (₼) (AZN)
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+994
ISO 3166 code	AZ
Internet TLD	.az

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Government

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