Azerbaijan

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Azerbaijan
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Territory 86.6 thousand km2 Population 9
million(in the world 52 milllion) Nation Main
nation Azeri,8 little group of different
nations Language Azeri(government
language),English(60),Russian(95) Borders
Turkey , Russia , Iran , Georgia , Armenia Sea
borders Kazakhstan, Russia, Iran,
Turkmenistan Currency Manat (1 USD 0.84
Manat)
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History

• A 350 000 years old skull of woman was found in
  one of the caves In Azerbaijan.
• There exists an open air museum which saves until
  our days ancient peoples- homo sapienss drawings
  on the rocks.
• In 1918 was the first country in the East , which
  got freedom and established democratic republic.
• In 1920 was captured by Soviet Union
• In 1990 got freedom again.

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Growth in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan GDP, bln
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Mobile penetration in Azerbaijan
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Mobile
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Internet
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Computers
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Key Business Development Areas

• Oil and Gas
• Construction and Building material
• Information and Communication Technologies
• Food processing and Agribusiness
• Potential
• Tourism
• Health (development of oil industry pushes
  forward health industry. Today Germany, Turkey,
  Japan do well in investing to this sector in
  Azerbaijan )

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History of oil industry

• The existence of petroleum was known since 8th
  century
• By the 15th century oil for lamps was obtained
  from surface wells
• Commercial exploitation began in 1872

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Oil Barons

• Alfred Nobel made his fortunes here, and many oil
  barons built great palaces in Baku.
• By beginning of the 20th century Baku oil field
  was the largest in the world

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NEFT DASHLARI

• First off-shore oil exploration in the world
• Neft Dashlari is the giant floating city of the
  off-shore field of Neft Dashlari (Oil rocks),
  which production was launched in 1948 45km
  North-East of Baku
• This archipelago of wells is linked through a
  labyrinth of bridges.

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Oil and Gas

• Oil in Azerbaijan has been produced for 150 years
  
• by 1911, half of the world oil was produced in
  Azerbaijan
• In 1994 - 2002 than 22 contracts were signed with
  35 large multinational oil companies from 15
  countries
• According to this contracts in the years to come
  60 billion dollars of foreign investment will be
  invested in oil and gas sector

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Volume of FDI

• Recent Years Azerbaijan received more than 10
  billion dollars of foreign investment, in 2002
  foreign investment amounted 34 of GDP
• Azerbaijan has highest ratio of FDI (Foreign
  Direct Investment) per capita among all Eastern
  European Countries

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Culture

• Country has
• its own peculiar traditions and holidays .
• Its own musical instruments.
• Its ancient literature , history ,folklore .
• Its own national dress
• Its own famous poets , writers , scientists,
  artists

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National carpets
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National Musical Intruments
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Tourism
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Icheri sheher
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National meals
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