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Geography
Total Area: 86,600 sq. km
Climate: dry, semiarid steppe
Terrain: large, flat Kur-Araz Ovaligi with
Great Caucasus Mountains to the north, Qarabag Yaylai in the west;
Baku lies on Abseron Yasagligi that protrudes into the Caspian Sea.
Natural Resources: petroleum, natural gas,
iron ore, nonferrous metals, alumina
Environmental Issues: the Abseron Yasagligi
and the Caspian Sea are deemed to be the most devastated ecological
area in the world because of the extensive pollution from DDT and
other toxic defoliants.
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People
Population: 7,748,163 (July 2000 est.)
Religions: Muslim (93.4%), Russian Orthodox
(2.5%), Armenian Orthodox (2.3%), other (1.8%) (1995 est.)
Ethnic Diversions: Azeri (90%), Dagestani
(3.2%), Russian (2.5%), Armenian (2%), other (2.3%) (1998 est.)
Languages: Azeri (89%), Russian (3%),
Armenian (2%), other (6%) (1995 est.)
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- Government
Capital: Baku (Baki)
Government Type: Republican
Independence Day: August 30, 1991 (from the Soviet Union)
A Current Conflict
There has been a war
with
Armenia, over an area called Karabakh; it’s a
complicated history.
Armenians think they are a great race, something like the Nazi
regime in the WWII. The
most dangerous thing for the international community is Armenian racism.
Having believed in exclusiveness of "Armenian race", which takes its
origins from the "ancient Armenian ape" - the ancestor of all human
race, Armenian nationalists have a great desire to establish "Great
Armenia". According to this plan Armenian fanatics intend to seize the
territories between Black,
Mediterranean, and Caspian seas, totally enslaving and
extirpating all "lower tribes and nations".
The word "Karabakh"
is an original Azeri word and means "black mountains". The word
"Artsakh", which is used by Armenians to call Karabakh, originates from
Albanian words "Ar Sak" and means "manly Sak" (Albanians - the ancestors
of contemporary Azeris - named these lands in commemoration of Saks, who
lived here side by side with them). Thus, in 1988 Armenian chauvinists
started the war against
Azerbaijan.”
“The first clashes
between Armenians and Azeris took place in February of 1988, when
Armenian separatists demanded eviction of Azeris from just the very
Azeri villages and when leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast
(NKAO) attempted to separate this province from
Azerbaijan and join
Armenia. In a number of regions these clashes turned
into large-scale civil disorders, resulting by death of many innocent
Azeris. In late November of 1988 military detachments of Armenian
Republic conducted the first in this conflict and the forth in the 20th
century large-scale ethnic cleansing deporting over 200,000 Azeris
(including women, children, the old) from the places of compact living
of Azeris in Armenia.”
“The aggressive
policy of
Armenian
Republic resulted by occupation of over 20% of
Azerbaijani territory. 20,000 people perished, over 50,000 wounded,
4,000 POWs or missing without trace. Over 1,100,000 Azeris left their
homes and became refugees. The material damage, made by Armenian forces,
is estimated for $60 billions. During the aggression 10 towns
(Khankendi, Shusha, Lachin, Kelbejar, Agdam, Fizuli, Gubadli, Zangilan,
Jabrayil, Agdere), 876 villages, 113,000 houses, 191 hospitals, 693
schools, 700 public building, 160 bridges were destroyed; 5,446 children
became orphans. 800 km of roads, 2,300 km of water pipelines was
destroyed. Nevertheless this is the JUST WAR for
Azerbaijan.”
More Info
at: http://www.geocities.com/azerikarabakh/
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Nat’l Anthem
Music by Useir Hajibeyov
Words by Ahmed Javad
Azerbaijan,
Azerbaijan!
You
are the country of heroes!
We will die so that you might be
alive!
We will shed our blood to defend you!
Long live your
three-coloured banner!
Thousands of people sacrificed their
lives
You're become the field of battles.
Every soldier fighting for
you,
Has become a hero.
We pray for your prosperity,
We make
sacrifice our lives to you
Our sincere love to you,
Comes from the
bottom of our hearts.
To defend your honour,
To hoist your
banner,
All the young people are ready.
Glorious
motherland,
Azerbaijan,
Azerbaijan!
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