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.

this entity surface form: Republic of Azerbaijan
this entity surface form: Republic of Azerbaijan
this entity surface form: Republic of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani language → spokenIn → Azerbaijan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republic of Azerbaijan
Georgian language → spokenIn → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Kartvelian languages → spokenIn → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Kurdish language → spokenIn → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Tat language → spokenIn → Azerbaijan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republic of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan Time → standardTimeFor → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Safavid Empire → territoryIncludes → Azerbaijan ⓘ
Gorskie Yevrei → traditionalRegion → Azerbaijan ⓘ
this entity surface form: აზერბაიჯანი
this entity surface form: აზერბაიჯანი