Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Az?rbaycan) is a country in the Caucasus, at the crossroads of Europe and Southwest Asia, with a coast on the Caspian Sea. It has frontiers with Russia in the north, Georgia in the northwest, Armenia in the west and southeast and southwest, and Iran in the south. The Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (an exclave of Azerbaijan) borders Armenia to the north and east, Iran to the south and west, and Turkey to the northwest.

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Azerbaijani - Caucasus - Europe - Southwest Asia - Caspian Sea - Russia - Georgia - Armenia - Iran - Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic - Exclave - Turkey

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The country?s formal name is the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Az?rbaycan Respublikas?). Azerbaijan is a secular state, and has been a member of the Council of Europe since 2001. A majority of the population are Shia Muslim and of Western Turkic descent, known as Azerbaijanis, or simply Azeris. The country is formally an emerging democracy, however with strong authoritarian rule.

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Azerbaijani - Council of Europe - 2001 - Shia Muslim - Turkic - Azerbaijanis - Democracy - Authoritarian

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