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FIRST THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT AZERBAIJAN

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Azerbaijan is a unitary state and a presidential republic. The president is elected every 4 years by direct elections. The republic gained its independence from the USSR in 1991. Since then Azerbaijan became a member of UN (1992) and Council of Europe (2002).

STATE STRUCTURE

TERRITORY AND BORDERS

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When Azerbaijan was forcibly annexed into the USSR, its total territory was 114,000 sq. km; on regaining its independence in 1991 Azerbaijan's territory was 86,600 sq. km and after the Armenian occupation it is less than 70, 000.

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The capital of Azerbaijan is Baku. In translation Baku means the city of winds (Badikuba). Population of the capital constitutes 2 000 000 p. There are a lot of historical monuments in the capital. If you come to Baku the first place to go is Icheri Shekher (the old City) which was build in the middle ages.

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POPULATION

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Azerbaijan is a home to 7,868,385 people (2003 est.). Men population constitutes 47, 4 %, while women population constitutes 52,6 %. Birth rate is 19,8/1000. Infant mortality rate is 82.1/1000. Life expectancy = 63.3.

Ethnic groups %Azeris 90Dagestani 3,2Russians 2,5Armenians 2,3

NATURAL RESOURCES

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Azerbaijan is rich with oil, gas, cotton, best sorts of grapes and mineral springs. A number of foreign oil companies operate in Azerbaijan. Currently, Azerbaijan's export pipelines are the Baku-Novorossiisk, which sends Azeri oil to the Russian Black Sea, and the Baku-Supsa, which mainly carries oil to Georgia's Black Sea coast.

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