ocr: AZERBAIJAN Official Name: Republic of Azerbaijan Capital: Baku Population: 7.3 million Currency: Manat Official Language: Azerbaijani SITUATED ON THE WESTERNCOAST of first the Sovietrepublic Caspian to Sea, declare Azerbaijan independence, was the BUSYIN FEDERATION inl 1991. The issue of the disputed enclave CFOINGOIA d ofNagorno Karabakh, which. Armenia seeks to annex,. led to full-scale warin1993 and has since dominated all other concerns in CGAUCASUS Azeri life. The war and an estimated Gancao. Sumquayit 500,000 refugees have addedto the problems of Azerbaijan's troubled BAKUB economy. Its ...
