Important Cities
- Baku(Capital)
- Xacmaz
- Saki
- Sumgayit
- Kurdamir
- Ganca
- Yevlax
- Astara
- Salyan
- Masally
Main Attractions
- Fountain Square (Baku)
- Maiden's Tower (Baku)
- Oil-Boomtown (Baku)
- City Walls (Baku)
- Nizami's Museum of Literature
- Baku Old City
- Gobustan Rock Drawings
- Martyr's Lane
- Shixov Beach
- Xan Sarayi (Khan's Palace)
- Palace of the Shahs
Main Industries
- Petroleum Products
- Petroleum
- Natural Gas
- Petrochemicals
- Iron Ore
- Steel
- Textiles
- Cement
Hunted Facts on azerbaijan
- Azerbaijan received de facto recognition by the Allies as an independent nation in January 1920, an independence terminated by the arrival of the Red Army in April.
- Azerbaijan's embassy in the United States is at 2741 34th Street NW, Washington, DC 20008; tel (202) 337-3500; fax (202) 337-5911; Consular tel (202) 337-5912; Consular fax (202) 337-5913; www.azembassy.com.
- Azerbaijan is a member of the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), NATO's Partnership for Peace, the Euro-Atlantic Partnership, the World Health Organization, CFE Treaty member state, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Council of Europe, the Community of Democracies, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank.
- Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan, or in Arabic alphabet: آذربایجان رسپوبلیکاسی), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Respublikası), is a country in the Caucasus region.
- The Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (an exclave of Azerbaijan) borders Armenia to the north and east, Iran to the south and west, and Turkey to the northwest.
- In 1936, the TSFSR was dissolved and Azerbaijan became constituent republic of the USSR as the Azerbaijan SSR.
- Strategically situated at the gateway to SW Asia, Azerbaijan is bounded by Iran on the south, where the Aras (Araks) River divides it from Iranian Azerbaijan; by the Caspian Sea on the east; by Russias Dagestan Republic on the north; and by Armenia on the west.
- Azerbaijan occupies the western ranges of the Greater and Lesser Caucasus and the Kura River valley.
- Azerbaijan declared itself independent of the USSR in Aug., 1991, and became a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
- Azerbaijan's economy is 55.4 percent free, according to our 2007 assessment, which makes it the world's 107th freest economy.
