Azerbaijan

E12577
country sovereign state

Azerbaijan is a transcontinental country at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, known for its oil and gas resources, capital city Baku on the Caspian Sea, and a culture blending Turkic, Persian, and Russian influences.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Republic of Azerbaijan 18
Baku 2
აზერბაიჯანი 2

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf country ⓘ
sovereign state ⓘ
borderCountry Armenia ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
callingCode +994 ⓘ
capital Baku ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
currency Azerbaijani manat ⓘ
demonym Azerbaijani ⓘ
drivesOn right ⓘ
ethnicMajority Azerbaijanis ⓘ
formerMemberOf Soviet Union ⓘ
formerPoliticalStatus Soviet Socialist Republics ⓘ
surface form: Soviet Socialist Republic
governmentType unitary semi-presidential republic ⓘ
hasExclave Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister of Azerbaijan ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President of Azerbaijan ⓘ
historicalRegion South Caucasus ⓘ
surface form: Transcaucasia
independenceRestorationDate 1991 ⓘ
independenceRestoredFrom Soviet Union ⓘ
internetTLD .az ⓘ
.аз ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha2Code AZ ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha3Code AZ ⓘ
surface form: AZE
knownFor Carpet weaving tradition ⓘ
Mugham music ⓘ
mud volcanoes ⓘ
natural gas resources ⓘ
oil resources ⓘ
largestCity Baku ⓘ
legislature National Assembly of Azerbaijan ⓘ
locatedOn Caspian Sea ⓘ
majorityBranchOfIslam Shia Islam ⓘ
majorityReligion Islam ⓘ
memberOf Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
Council of Europe ⓘ
GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development ⓘ
Non-Aligned Movement ⓘ
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ
surface form: Organization of Islamic Cooperation

Organization of Turkic States ⓘ
Partnership for Peace countries ⓘ
surface form: Partnership for Peace

United Nations ⓘ
nationalCuisine Azerbaijani cuisine ⓘ
nationalLanguageFamily Turkic languages ⓘ
nationalSport wrestling ⓘ
nationalSymbol flame ⓘ
nickname Land of Fire ⓘ
officialLanguage Azerbaijani language ⓘ
surface form: Azerbaijani
officialReligionStatus secular state ⓘ
partOf Caucasus ⓘ
surface form: Caucasus region
region South Caucasus ⓘ
timeZone Azerbaijan Time ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape ⓘ
Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower ⓘ
UNM49Code 031 ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (173)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Islamic crescent → appearsOnFlagOf → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Turkic languages → areSpokenIn → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Azerbaijanis → associatedCountry → Azerbaijan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republic of Azerbaijan
Caspian Sea → basinCountry → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Kura River → basinCountry → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Kür → basinCountry → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Mtkvari River → basinCountry → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Armenia → borderCountry → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Georgia → borderCountry → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Turkey → borderCountry → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Caspian Sea → borderedBy → Azerbaijan ⓘ
North Caucasus → borderedBy → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Republic of Artsakh → borderedBy → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Dagestan → borders → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Kakheti → borders → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Eastern Georgia → bordersCountry → Azerbaijan ⓘ
European Russia → bordersCountry → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Kvemo Kartli → bordersCountry → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Russia → bordersCountry → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Baku → capitalOf → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Asia → containsCountry → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Baku → country → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Ganja → country → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Kura River → country → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Kür → country → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Lesser Caucasus → country → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Mingachevir → country → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Mtkvari River → country → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Pontic–Caspian steppe → country → Azerbaijan ⓘ
subject surface form: Quba District
Qırmızı Qəsəbə → country → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Red Village → country → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Republic of Artsakh → country → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Six Dome Synagogue → country → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Talysh → country → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Victory Day parades → country → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Azərilər → countryOfOrigin → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Gorskie Yevrei → countryOfOrigin → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Yalli → countryOfOrigin → Azerbaijan ⓘ