AZERBAIJAN

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Independence from:

Soviet Union

3rd largest city in Azerbaijan

Sumqayit

often called the "Fire Temple of Baku"

The Baku Ateshgah

UNESCO 2

Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower

"burning mountain"

Yanar Dağ

traditional Azerbaijani women's headgear.

kelaghayi

3 deepest lakes in the world:

lake Baikal, Lake Tanganyika, Caspian Sea

nickname of Baku

City of Winds

dam and Reservoir on the Kura River

Mingachevir

Autonomous Republic -

Naxchivan

Island located right off the northeastern shore of the Absheron Peninsula known for its oil deposits

Pirallahi Island

Independence on:

August 30,1991

Baku metropolitan area on which peninsula

Absheron Peninsula

peninsula in Azerbaijan

Absheron Peninsula

Rivers 3:

Alazani River

Rivers 2:

Aras River

Bordering Countries

Armenia, Russia, Turkey, Georgia, Iran

blue in flag symbolizes

Azerbaijan's Turkic heritage

Currency:

Azerbaijani Manat

Former Name

Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic

Capital:

Baku

Largest Cities 1:

Baku

largest city in the world located below sea level

Baku

The cities on Caspian Sea are

Baku (Azerbaijan), Anzali (Iran), Aktau (Kazakhstan), Makhachkala (Russia), Türkmenbasy (Turkmenistan).

Highest Point

Bazarduzu Dagi - 14, 652 ft

Lowest Point:

Caspian Sea - 92 ft below sea-level

2nd largest city of Azerbaijan

Ganja

Transcaucasia roughly corresponds to modern .

Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan

UNESCO 1

Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape

Highest point Bazarduzu Dagi in what mountain range

Greater Caucasus Range.

UNESCO 3

Historic Centre of Sheki with the Khan's Palace

Rivers 1:

Kura River

Plain delimited by the Greater Caucasus from the North, Lesser Caucasus from the West and the Talysh Mountains from the South.

Kura-Aras Lowland

Azerbaijan, translates as

Land of Fire

narrow strip of lowland in southern Azerbaijan by the Caspian Sea

Lankaran /Lenkoran Lowland


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