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.

Lesser Caucasus → locatedIn → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Mingachevir → locatedIn → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Qırmızı Qəsəbə → locatedIn → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Six Dome Synagogue → locatedIn → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Baku Governorate → locatedInPresentDay → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Caucasus Oblast → locatedInPresentDay → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Elisavetpol Governorate → locatedInPresentDay → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Erivan Governorate → locatedInPresentDay → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Jevanshir uezd → locatedInPresentDay → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Shusha uezd → locatedInPresentDay → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Tiflis Governorate → locatedInPresentDay → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Zakatal Okrug → locatedInPresentDay → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Zangezur uezd → locatedInPresentDay → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Elisavetpol → locatedInPresentDayCountry → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Twelver Shia → majorPopulationIn → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Mtkvari River → majorRiverOf → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Kür → majorWaterwayOf → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Shia Islam → majorityReligionIn → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Organization of Turkic States → member → Azerbaijan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republic of Azerbaijan

Black Sea Economic Cooperation → memberState → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Commonwealth of Independent States → memberState → Azerbaijan ⓘ

ECO → memberState → Azerbaijan ⓘ

subject surface form: Economic Cooperation Organization

WHO Regional Office for Europe → memberStatesInclude → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Juhurim → modernCountryOfOrigin → Azerbaijan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republic of Azerbaijan

Azərilər → modernState → Azerbaijan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republic of Azerbaijan

Caucasus → modernStatesInRegion → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Azerbaijanis → nativeTo → Azerbaijan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republic of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani language → officialLanguageOf → Azerbaijan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republic of Azerbaijan

Latin script (Azerbaijan) → officialStatusIn → Azerbaijan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republic of Azerbaijan

Quba region of Azerbaijan → partOf → Azerbaijan ⓘ

subject surface form: Quba District

Red Village → partOf → Azerbaijan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republic of Azerbaijan

Multinational force in Iraq → participant → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Nadezhda Alliluyeva → placeOfBirth → Azerbaijan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baku

Haredi Jews → populationCenter → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Zakatal Okrug → presentDayCountry → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Erivan uezd → presentDayLocation → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Armenian Oblast → presentInTerritoryOf → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Sharur-Daralayaz uezd → presentInTerritoryOf → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Azərbaycanlılar → primaryCountry → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Tat language → primaryCountry → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Kurmanji → primaryCountryOfUse → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Azərilər → primaryRegion → Azerbaijan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republic of Azerbaijan

Southwestern Iranian languages → primaryRegion → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Republic of Artsakh → recognizedByUNAsPartOf → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Talysh → recognizedMinorityIn → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Judeo-Tat → region → Azerbaijan ⓘ

Russian language → regionalOrMinorityLanguageIn → Azerbaijan ⓘ

James Bond: The World Is Not Enough → setIn → Azerbaijan ⓘ

subject surface form: The World Is Not Enough

Iranian Azerbaijan → sharesBorderWith → Azerbaijan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republic of Azerbaijan

Iranian Azerbaijan → sharesCulturalTiesWith → Azerbaijan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republic of Azerbaijan