azerbaijan
one AZN is worth how much in USD?
$1.24
Transcaucasian Republic with
armenia and georgia
much of the population is bilingual in which two languages?
azeri and russian
capital?
baku
Proven oil reserves in the
caspian basin
recognition by the Allies as an independent nation in
january 1920
what persian phrase did it get its name from?
land of fire
massacre of Azerbaijanis at Khojali in Nagorno-Karabakh was when?
march 1992
first oil for the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline in
may 2005
religion?
Muslim 93.4% (majority Shi'a)
when was their independence from the soviet union?
August 30, 1991
first president?
Ayaz Mutalibov
The BTC pipeline is now operational and has a maximum capacity of
1 million barrels per day
population growth rate?
1.1%
The legislative branch consists of how many members
125
suffrage?
18 years old
the Russians split Azerbaijan's territory with Persia when with the treaty of Turkmenchay
1828
The first democratic republic in the Muslim world, it gave women the right to vote in
1919
Azerbaijan became a union republic of the U.S.S.R. (Soviet Union) in
1936
The FREEDOM Support Act of
1992
when was the minsk group created?
1992
under the freedom support act how much $ did the us give
22 million
Azerbaijan has concluded how many production-sharing agreements with various oil companies
28
area in sq miles?
33,774
GDP
51.79 billion
conversion to islam by the arabs when?
642 ad
rayons, cities
66, 77
population?
9.077 million
literacy rate?
99.5%
2nd president?
Abulfez Elchibey
language?
Azeri 89%
what mts are to the north?
Caucasus Mountains
current president
Ilham Aliyev
