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.

Subdivisions

Main article: Subdivisions of Azerbaijan

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Azerbaijan is divided into:

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• 59 raions (rayonlar; rayon – singular),
• 11 cities (??h?rl?r; ??h?r – singular),
• 1 autonomous republic (muxtar respublika);