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Location: Europe
Capital: Baku (1.700.000 ab)
Main Cities: Gyandzha, Sumqayit
Population: 7,700,000
Area: 87,600 km2
Coin: 1 manat = 100 gopik
Languages: Azero, Russian
Religions: Sunni and Shi'a Muslim, Orthodox
The Independence's Year: 1991
Mountains: Great and Small Caucaso
Rivers: Kura, Aras
Lakes: Caspian Sea, Mingecaur
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Caucasian republic on the Caspian Sea, with continental and dry climate and with strong thermal excursions.
It's a great oil producer and natural gas, especially in the area of the Caspian Sea.
A quarter of the population lives in the capital Baku, sets on the peninsula of Apseron on the Caspian Sea.
It also belongs to the nation the territory of Nahicevan, sets among Armenia and Iran.
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