{"id":467,"date":"2010-09-21T13:40:31","date_gmt":"2010-09-21T11:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/azconsulate.hip-hop.sk\/"},"modified":"2010-11-30T09:36:24","modified_gmt":"2010-11-30T08:36:24","slug":"basic-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.azconsulate.sk\/en\/azerbaijan\/basic-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic information"},"content":{"rendered":"

Republic of Azerbaijan<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Official name: <\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nRepublic of Azerbaijan
\nAz\u0259rbaycan Respublikas\u0131<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Established: <\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nMay 28th<\/sup>, 1918<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Government type:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nRepublic<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
President:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nIlham Aliyev<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prime minister:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nArtur Tahir oglu Rasizadeh<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Minister of foreign affairs:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nElmar Maharram oglu Mammadyarov<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Area: <\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n86\u00a0600 km\u00b2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Population:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n9 million<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Population density:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n103,9<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Capital city:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nBaku (Population: 2\u00a0200\u00a0000)
\nBaki<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other important cities:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nG\u0259nc\u0259 [Ganja] (320 348), Sumqay\u0131t [Sumgayit] (279 086), Ming\u0259\u00e7evir [Mingachevir] (99 775), Nax\u00e7\u0131van [Nakhchivan] (71\u00a0200)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Official language:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nAzerbaijani<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Currency:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nmanat
\n1 manat = 100 q\u0259pik [qepik]<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Exchange rate set to US $:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n0,8031 (December 31st<\/sup>, 2009)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Neighbouring countries: <\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nArmenia (in the west, 1007km), Georgia (in the north-west, 480 km), Iran (in the south, 765 km), Russia (in the north, 390 km), Turkey (in the south, 15 km)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ethnic groups:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nAzeri \t\t\t\t \t90,6%
\nDagestani\t\t \t\t\t \t2,2%
\nRussian\t\t\t \t\t \t \t1,8%
\nArmenian\t\t \t\t\t \t1,5%
\nOther\t\t \t\t\t \t\t6,1%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Religion<\/strong>: <\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nIslam\t\t\t\t\t\t 93,4%
\nRussian Orthodox2,5%
\nArmenian Orthodox Church2,3%
\nOther\t\t\t\t\t \t\t1,8%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time zone:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nGMT +4 (in comparison with time-zone in Slovakia, time in Azerbaijan is shifted forward by 3 hours)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Administrative units<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\nAutonomous republic <\/strong>1<\/span>Districts:\u00a0 66<\/span><\/p>\n

Towns:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 77<\/span><\/p>\n

Regions:\u00a0\u00a0 13<\/span><\/p>\n

Settlements:\u00a0\u00a0 258<\/span><\/p>\n

Rural territorial divisions:\u00a0 1704<\/span><\/p>\n

Rural settlements :\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4257<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Important dates:<\/strong><\/td>\nDay of Independence\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 October 18, 1991<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date of joining to the organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe<\/span><\/td>\nJanuary 30, 1992<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date of joining to the United Nations<\/span><\/td>\nMarch 2,1992<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date of joining to Council of Europe<\/span><\/td>\nJanuary 17, 2001<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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