EstablishmentEstablishment

28 May 1918

IndependenceIndependence

18 October 1991

CapitalCapital

Baku

LanguageLanguage

Azerbaijani

CurrencyCurrency

Azerbaijan manat

TERRITORY

Land territory of 86.600 km2 (12% forests, 1.7% water, 55.1% agricultural lands and 31.2% other lands). The territory also includes Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea.

COUNTRY LOCATION

44°-52° E, 38°-42° N

POPULATION

10 million

NEIGHBOURS

Borders in the south with Iran (765 km) and Turkey (15 km), Russia in the north (390 km), Georgia in the north-west (480 km), Armenia in the west (1007 km). The coastline of Caspian Sea shared by Azerbaijan is 825km.