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