AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC TODAY

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AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC TODAY
Presented by Aynur Human Rights MA Candidate
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FIRST THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT AZERBAIJAN

• state structure

• territory

• capital

• population

• natural resources

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STATE STRUCTURE
Azerbaijan is a unitary state and a
presidential republic. The president is elected
every 4 years by direct elections. The republic
gained its independence from the USSR in 1991.
Since then Azerbaijan became a member of UN
(1992) and Council of Europe (2002).
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TERRITORY AND BORDERS
When Azerbaijan was forcibly annexed into the
USSR, its total territory was 114,000 sq. km on
regaining its independence in 1991 Azerbaijan's
territory was 86,600 sq. km and after the
Armenian occupation it is less than 70, 000.
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CAPITAL


The capital of Azerbaijan is Baku. In translation
Baku means the city of winds (Badikuba).
Population of the capital constitutes 2 000 000
p. There are a lot of historical monuments in the
capital. If you come to Baku the first place to
go is Icheri Shekher (the old City) which was
build in the middle ages.
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POPULATION
Azerbaijan is a home to 7,868,385 people (2003
est.). Men population constitutes 47, 4 , while
women population constitutes 52,6 . Birth rate
is 19,8/1000. Infant mortality rate is 82.1/1000.
Life expectancy 63.3.
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NATURAL RESOURCES
Azerbaijan is rich with oil, gas, cotton, best
sorts of grapes and mineral springs. A number of
foreign oil companies operate in Azerbaijan.
Currently, Azerbaijan's export pipelines are the
Baku-Novorossiisk, which sends Azeri oil to the
Russian Black Sea, and the Baku-Supsa, which
mainly carries oil to Georgia's Black Sea coast.
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