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Area: total: 86,600 sq km
land: 86,100 sq km
water: 500 sq km
note: includes the exclave of Naxcivan Autonomous Republic and the Nagorno-Karabakh region the region's autonomy was abolished by Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet on 26 November 1991

Climate: dry, semiarid steppe

Terrain: large, flat Kur-Araz Ovaligi [Kura-Araks Lowland] [much of it below sea level] with Great Caucasus Mountains to the north, Qarabag Yaylasi [Karabakh Upland] in west Baku lies on Abseron Yasaqligi [Apsheron Peninsula] that juts into Caspian Sea

Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, nonferrous metals, bauxite

Population: 8,177,717 [July 2008 est.]

Age structure: 0-14 years: 24.6% [male 1,061,318/female 947,607]
15-64 years: 68.6% [male 2,753,277/female 2,855,406]
65 years and over: 6.8% [male 208,293/female 351,816] [2008 est.]

Nationality: noun: Azerbaijani[s]
adjective: Azerbaijani

Ethnic groups: Azeri 90.6%, Dagestani 2.2%, Russian 1.8%, Armenian 1.5%, other 3.9% [1999 census]
note: almost all Armenians live in the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region

Languages: Azerbaijani [Azeri] 90.3%, Lezgi 2.2%, Russian 1.8%, Armenian 1.5%, other 3.3%, unspecified 1% [1999 census]

Capital: name: Baku [Baki, Baky]
geographic coordinates: 40 23 N, 49 52 E
time difference: UTC+4 [9 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time]
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March ends last Sunday in October

National holiday: Founding of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan, 28 May [1918]

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 6.2%
industry: 63.3%
services: 30.5% [2007 est.]

Labor force: 5.243 million [2007 est.]

Budget: revenues: $7.67 billion
expenditures: $9.256 billion [2007 est.]

Agriculture - products: cotton, grain, rice, grapes, fruit, vegetables, tea, tobacco cattle, pigs, sheep, goats

Industries: petroleum and natural gas, petroleum products, oilfield equipment steel, iron ore cement chemicals and petrochemicals textiles

Exports: $21.27 billion f.o.b. [2007 est.]

Exports - commodities: oil and gas 90%, machinery, cotton, foodstuffs

Exports - partners: Italy 44.7%, Israel 10.7%, Turkey 6.1%, France 5.5%, Russia 5.4%, Iran 4.6%, Georgia 4.5% [2006]

Imports: $6.045 billion f.o.b. [2007 est.]

Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, oil products, foodstuffs, metals, chemicals

Imports - partners: Russia 22.4%, UK 8.6%, Germany 7.7%, Turkey 7.3%, Turkmenistan 7%, Ukraine 6%, China 4.2% [2006]

Currency (code): Azerbaijani manat [AZN]

Exchange rates: Azerbaijani manats per US dollar - 0.8581 [2007], 0.8934 [2006], 4,727.1 [2005], 4,913.48 [2004], 4,910.73 [2003]
note: on 1 January 2006 Azerbaijan revalued its currency, with 5,000 old manats equal to 1 new manat

Airports: 35 [2007]

Railways: total: 2,122 km
broad gauge: 2,122 km 1.520-m gauge [1,278 km electrified] [2006]

Merchant marine: total: 86 ships [1000 GRT or over] 421,061 GRT/460,968 DWT
by type: cargo 26, passenger 2, passenger/cargo 9, petroleum tanker 45, roll on/roll off 1, specialized tanker 3
registered in other countries: 4 [Georgia 1, Malta 3] [2007]

Ports and terminals: Baku [Baki]