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The Republic of Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan Republikası) is a country located in the southeastern part of
Caucasian ridge. The capital city of Baku is administratively divided into 61 districts, 65 cities and 122
village. The Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic and Nagorno-Karabakh are part of Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan-Republic. Head of State - President (since October 2003 - Ilham Aliyev).
Legislative power is exercised by Parliament (National Assembly), executive power is exercised by the Cabinet
ministers.
Square
86 600 km2
Population
10 191 609 people
The main part of Azerbaijan is located in the southeastern parts of the Greater Caucasus and the Lesser Caucasus, and also in the interfluve of the Talysh mountains. In the south is the Middle Arak highlands and its northern branch (mountains occupy almost half of the territory of Azerbaijan). The coastline of the Caspian Sea is 800 km. Large peninsulas: Apsheron, Kura-Kum, Sara; bays: Apsheron, Kyzyl-ogach, Baku; large islands: Artem, Djiloy. There are deposits of oil and gas, iron ore, alunite, molybdenum, rock salt.
Although Azerbaijan is located mainly in the subtropical zone, here you can find a climate from dry to humid subtropical to mountain tundra climate. The average temperature in July is 25-27°, in January from 0 to +3° in the lowlands and up to -10° in the mountains. The hottest temperature is 40-43°, the coldest is 30°. Precipitation is very uneven. The annual rainfall is from 200 mm to 1800 mm.
The large river is the Kura, and its main tributary is the Arak. There are 250 lakes (the largest are Hajikobul and Buyukshur). Soils are gray-meadow, solonchak, gray-brown, brown, chestnut, mountain-chestnut and others. His the vegetation is very diverse - more than 4100 species. Steppe vegetation grows in the lowlands chala, often shrubby, on the swampy lands of the Kura-Arak lowland-Shura, on the foothills plains-wormwood and Shu-wok-Chalov. Forest area 1146 thousand hectares. At altitudes of 2200-2500 m there are subalpine and alpine meadows. The animal world is diverse: reptiles, songbirds, wild boars, nutria, raccoon dogs, gazelles, leopards, bears, pheasants, partridges, geese and ducks. in the Caspian Sea and the Kura River has a lot of fish (salmon, sturgeon, stellate sturgeon, beluga, etc.). There are reserves Turianchay, Kyzylagach, Shirvan and others.
The large river is the Kura, and its main tributary is the Arak. There are 250 lakes (the largest are Hajikobul and Buyukshur). Soils are gray-meadow, solonchak, gray-brown, brown, chestnut, mountain-chestnut and others. His the vegetation is very diverse - more than 4100 species. Steppe vegetation grows in the lowlands chala, often shrubby, on the swampy lands of the Kura-Arak lowland-Shura, on the foothills plains-wormwood and Shu-wok-Chalov. Forest area 1146 thousand hectares. At altitudes of 2200-2500 m there are subalpine and alpine meadows. The animal world is diverse: reptiles, songbirds, wild boars, nutria, raccoon dogs, gazelles, leopards, bears, pheasants, partridges, geese and ducks. in the Caspian Sea and the Kura River has a lot of fish (salmon, sturgeon, stellate sturgeon, beluga, etc.). There are reserves Turianchay, Kyzylagach, Shirvan and others.
Official language
Azerbaijani
National currency
manat
