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Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan is a country in Western Asia with its capital in Baku.
- Capital
- Baku
- Region
- Western Asia, Asia
- Population
- 10.2 million
- Languages
- Azerbaijani, Russian
- Currency
- Azerbaijani manat (₼)
- Area
- 86,600 km²
- Borders
- 🇦🇲 Armenia 🇬🇪 Georgia 🇮🇷 Iran 🇷🇺 Russia 🇹🇷 Turkey
💡 Land of fire — natural gas vents have burned on its hillsides for millennia.
About the flag
Its blue, red and green bands stand for Turkic heritage, modernity and Islam, and the eight-pointed star is often said to represent the eight branches of the Turkic peoples.
How to spot it: Blue, red and green horizontal stripes with a white crescent and eight-pointed star in the red middle band.