| Republic of Azerbaijan Azərbaycan Respublikası Timeline: Differently | ||||||
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| Anthem: Azərbaycan Marşı |
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 Location of Azerbaijan (green)
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| Capital (and largest city) | Baku | |||||
| Official languages | Azerbaijani | |||||
| Religion | Zoroastrianism (58%) Manichaeism (35%) Other (7%) |
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| Demonym(s) | Azeri | |||||
| Government | Unitary semi-presidential republic | |||||
| - | President | Ilham Aliyev | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Ali Asadov | ||||
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| - | Kingdom | 28 May 1918 | ||||
| - | Democratic Republic | 11 January 1919 | ||||
| - | Soviet Socialist Republic | 28 April 1920 | ||||
| - | Independence from the Soviet Union | 4 December 1982 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 81,098 km2 31,312 sq mi |
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| Population | ||||||
| - | Estimate | 10,805,000 (90th) | ||||
| - | 2011 census | 9,442,000 | ||||
| - | Density | 133.2/km2 345/sq mi |
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| Currency | Manat (AZN) | |||||
| Drives on the | right | |||||
Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a country in the Caucasus, bounded by the Caspian Sea on the east. It is bordered by West Persia to the south, Armenia and Georgia to the west and Russia on the north. It is a Zoroastrian-majority country.
At a surface area of 81,000 square kilometers, Azerbaijan is the 32nd-largest country in Asia and the 109th-largest in the world. With a population of over 10.8 million inhabitants, it is the 33rd-most populous country in Asia and the 90th in the world. The fertility rate in 2020 was 2.24.
History[]
Early history[]
Azerbaijan was once a part of the Second Sasanian Empire and then the Empire of West Persia until it was conquered by the Russian Empire. After the conquest by the Russian Empire, Azerbaijan became nothing more than a province that suffered forced Russification reforms and the people were even forced to convert to Russian Orthodoxy.
Liberation[]
Azerbaijan was liberated by West Persia and turned into a puppet kingdom. The ruler of the kingdom was to be Colonel Mohammad-Hosayn Ayrom, the cousin of Queen Tâj ol-Moluk Âyromlu, the wife of Yazdegerd I. This was Yazdegerd's choice of monarch due to the fact he and the queen was of Azerbaijani ancestry. Colonel Mohammad-Hosayn Ayrom and his family arrived in Azerbaijan to become the official monarchs, however the puppet kingdom was not to be as the allies won the war and the republicans of Azerbaijan had taken control of the nation. Sadly the Republicans failed to repel the Soviet invaders who conquered the nation.
After Soviet Union[]
After the fall of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan became an independent state. Azerbaijan would build geopolitical relationships with Byzantium and West Persia, which remain some of the strongest ties the nation has to this day.
Political parties[]
The major political parties are:
- Azeri Prosperity Party is the dominant right-wing party and is defined as center-right.
- Social Improvement Party is the dominant liberal party and is defined as social liberal.
- Belief of Tomorrow is the center-left party.
- Glory for the Nation is a far-right party and is defined as nationalist.
Since 1982 each of these parties have held both the premiership and the presidency.
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