turkmenistan and azerbaijan
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Turkmenistan and AzerbaijanMatheo Noboa
7th CTuesday/November 25th
2014
AREA: 490 200 km²
POPULATION: 5,171,943 people
CAPITAL: Ashgabat
SPOKEN LANGUAGE: Turkmen SECUNDARY LANGUAGE: Russian
MAIN RELIGION: Muslims
MAIN HOLIDAY: January 12 – Memorial Day ABOUT: Honoring those who fell on 12 of January of 1881 defending the Geok Tepe fortress against the Russian troops.
Turkmenistan
• CURRENCY: Turkmen new manat • GOVERMENT SYSTEM: Unitary presidential republic
AREA: 86,600 km2
POPULATION: 9 494 600 people
CAPITAL: Baku
SPOKEN LANGUAGE: Azerbaijani SECUNDARY LANGUAGE: Russian
MAIN RELIGION: Muslims
MAIN HOLIDAY: January 20 – Martyrs' Day ABOUT: Commemorates Black January (1990) when Soviet troops
entered Baku and killed more than 130 civilians.
Azerbijan
CURRENCY: Manat
GOVERMENT SYSTEM: Dominant-party presidential republic