Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan Flag
Tricolour banner of blue, red, green with a white crescent and star emblem Blue: Turkic heritage Red: progress, social democracy Green: Islamic civilisation Crescent: Islam, symbol from Turkic people 8 pointed star: 8 letters for Azerbaijan in Arabic
1949
Azerbaijan built the world's first offshore oil platform
What is Azerbaijan rich in?
Natural gas, Petroleum deposits
Azerbaijan's Physical Geography
1/2 mountainous Caucasus Mountains in North and West Talysh Mountains in South Lankaran
Regions in Azerbaijan
9 regions
Azerbaijan's population
9.5 million people 91% from Azerbaijan 9% minority from other groups: Russians, Lezgins, Talysh
Baku
Capital of Azerbaijan Largest city, best harbour
Azerbaijan's location
Central Caucasus region, bordered by 5 countries
Azerbaijan
First Muslim-majority democratic secular country First Muslim-majority country in the world to have theatres, operas, universities