Axion 3D Atlas/ATLAS.iso/stats/16.txt

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{4}Note: Azerbaijan continues to be plagued by an unresolved eight-year-old conflict with Armenian
separatists over its Nagorno-Karabakh region. The Karabakh Armenians have declared
independence and seized almost 20% of the country's territory, creating almost 1 million Azeri
refugees in the process. Both sides have generally observed a Russian-mediated cease-fire in
place since May 1994, and support the OSCE-mediated peace process, now entering its fifth
year. Nevertheless, Baku and Xankandi (Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh region) remain far apart
on most substantive issues from the placement and composition of a peacekeeping force to the
enclave's ultimate political status, and prospects for a negotiated settlement remain dim.


{1}Geography{4}
{4}To see a map of Azerbaijan, click {z,"39.709755,36.515567,49.741164,44.265814",here}{4}!

{2}Location:{4} Southwestern Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Russia

{2}Area:{4}
{3}total area:{4} 86,600 sq km
{3}land area:{4} 86,100 sq km
{3}comparative area:{4} slightly larger than Maine
{3}note:{4} includes the exclave of Naxcivan Autonomous Republic and the Nagorno-Karabakh region;
the region's autonomy was abolished by Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet on 26 November 1991

{2}Land boundaries:{4}
{3}total:{4} 2,013 km
{3}border countries:{4} Armenia (with Azerbaijan-proper) 566 km, Armenia (with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan
exclave) 221 km, Georgia 322 km, Iran (with Azerbaijan-proper) 432 km, Iran (with Azerbaijan-
Naxcivan exclave) 179 km, Russia 284 km, Turkey 9 km

{2}Coastline:{4} 0 km (landlocked)
{3}note:{4} Azerbaijan borders the Caspian Sea (800 km, est.)

{2}Maritime claims:{4} none (landlocked)

{2}International disputes:{4} violent and longstanding dispute with ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-
Karabakh over its status; Caspian Sea boundaries are not yet determined

{2}Climate:{4} dry, semiarid steppe

{2}Terrain:{4} large, flat Kur-Araz Lowland (much of it below sea level) with Great Caucasus Mountains
to the north, Qarabag (Karabakh) Upland in west; Baku lies on Abseron (Apsheron) Peninsula that
juts into Caspian Sea
{3}lowest point:{4} Caspian Sea -28 m
{3}highest point:{4} Bazarduzu Dagi 4,485 m

{2}Natural resources:{4} petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, nonferrous metals, alumina

{2}Land use:{4}
{3}arable land:{4} 18%
{3}permanent crops:{4} 4%
{3}meadows and pastures:{4} 25%
{3}forest and woodland:{4} 0%
{3}other:{4} 53%

{2}Irrigated land:{4} 14,010 sq km (1990)

{2}Environment:{4}
{3}current issues:{4} local scientists consider the Abseron (Apsheron) Peninsula (including Baku and
Sumqayit) and the Caspian Sea to be the ecologically most devastated area in the world because
of severe air, water, and soil pollution; soil pollution results from the use of DDT as a pesticide
and also from toxic defoliants used in the production of cotton

{2}natural hazards:{4} droughts; some lowland areas threatened by rising levels of the Caspian Sea

{2}international agreements:{4} party to - Climate Change; signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity

{2}Geographic note:{4} landlocked


{1}People{4}

{2}Population:{4} 7,676,953 (July 1996 est.)

{2}Age structure:{4}
{3}0-14 years:{4} 32% (male 1,270,812; female 1,215,781)
{3}15-64 years:{4} 61% (male 2,293,688; female 2,423,222)
{3}65 years and over:{4} 7% (male 179,048; female 294,402) (July 1996 est.)

{2}Population growth rate:{4} 0.78% (1996 est.)

{2}Birth rate:{4} 22.28 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)

{2}Death rate:{4} 8.69 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)

{2}Net migration rate:{4} -5.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)

{2}Sex ratio:{4}
{3}at birth:{4} 1.05 male(s)/female
{3}under 15 years:{4} 1.04 male(s)/female
{3}15-64 years:{4} 0.95 male(s)/female
{3}65 years and over:{4} 0.61 male(s)/female
{3}all ages:{4} 0.95 male(s)/female (1996 est.)

{2}Infant mortality rate:{4} 74.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)

{2}Life expectancy at birth:{4}
{3}total population:{4} 64.84 years
{3}male:{4} 60.13 years
{3}female:{4} 69.78 years (1996 est.)

{2}Total fertility rate:{4} 2.64 children born/woman (1996 est.)

{2}Nationality:{4}
{3}noun:{4} Azerbaijani(s)
{3}adjective:{4} Azerbaijani

{2}Ethnic divisions:{4} Azeri 90%, Dagestani Peoples 3.2%, Russian 2.5%, Armenian 2.3%, other 2%
(1995 est.)
{3}note:{4} almost all Armenians live in the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region

{2}Religions:{4} Muslim 93.4%, Russian Orthodox 2.5%, Armenian Orthodox 2.3%, other 1.8% (1995
est.)
{3}note:{4} religious affiliation is still nominal in Azerbaijan; actual practicing adherents are much lower

{2}Languages:{4} Azeri 89%, Russian 3%, Armenian 2%, other 6% (1995 est.)

{2}Literacy:{4} age 15 and over can read and write (1989 est.)
{3}total population:{4} 97%
{3}male:{4} 99%
{3}female:{4} 96%


{1}Government{4}

{2}Name of country:{4}
{3}conventional long form:{4} Azerbaijani Republic
{3}conventional short form:{4} Azerbaijan
{3}local long form:{4} Azarbaycan Respublikasi
{3}local short form:{4} none
{3}former:{4} Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic

{2}Type of government:{4} republic

{2}Capital:{4} Baku (Baki)

{2}Administrative divisions:{4} 59 rayons (rayonlar; rayon - singular), 11 cities* (saharlar; sahar -
singular), 1 autonomous republic** (muxtar respublika); Abscron Rayonu, Agcabadi Rayonu,
Agdam Rayonu, Agdas Rayonu, Agstafa Rayonu, Agsu Rayonu, AliBayramli Sahari*, Astara
Rayonu, Baki Sahari*, Balakan Rayonu, Barda Rayonu, Beylaqan Rayonu, Bilasuvar Rayonu,
Cabrayil Rayonu, Calilabad Rayonu, Daskasan Rayonu, Davaci Rayonu, Fuzuli Rayonu, Gadabay
Rayonu, Ganca Sahari*, Goranboy Rayonu, Goycay Rayonu, Haciqabul Rayonu, Imisli Rayonu,
Ismayilli Rayonu, Kalbacar Rayonu, Kurdamir Rayonu, Lacin Rayonu, Lankaran Rayonu,
Lankaran Sahari*, Lerik Rayonu, Masalli Rayonu, Mingacevir Sahari*, Naftalan Sahari*, Naxcivan
Muxtar Respublikasi**, Neftcala Rayonu, Oguz Rayonu, Qabala Rayonu, Qax Rayonu, Qazax
Rayonu, Qobustan Rayonu, Quba Rayonu, Qubadli Rayonu, Qusar Rayonu, Saatli Rayonu,
Sabirabad Rayonu, Saki Rayonu, Saki Sahari*, Salyan Rayonu, Samaxi Rayonu, Samkir Rayonu,
Samux Rayonu, Siyazan Rayonu, Sumqayit Sahari*, Susa Rayonu, Susa Sahari*, Tartar Rayonu,
Tovuz Rayonu, Ucar Rayonu, Xacmaz Rayonu, Xankandi Sahari*, Xanlar Rayonu, Xizi Rayonu,
Xocali Rayonu, Xocavand Rayonu, Yardimb Rayonu, Yevlax Rayonu, Yevlax Sahari*, Zangilan
Rayonu, Zaqatala Rayonu, Zardab Rayonu

{2}Independence:{4} 30 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)

{2}National holiday:{4} Independence Day, 28 May

{2}Constitution:{4} adopted 12 November 1995

{2}Legal system:{4} based on civil law system

{2}Suffrage:{4} 18 years of age; universal

{2}Executive branch:{4}
{3}chief of state:{4} President Heydar ALIYEV (since 18 June 1993) was elected by popular vote;
election last held 3 October 1993 (next to be held 1997 or 1998); results - Heydar ALIYEV won
97% of vote
{3}head of government:{4} Prime Minister Fuad QULIYEV (since 9 October 1994), First Deputy Prime
Ministers Abbas ABBASOV (since NA), Samed SADYKOV (since NA), Vahid AKHMEDOV (since
NA), Elchin EFENDIYEV (since NA) were appointed by the president and confirmed by the Milli
Mejlis
{3}cabinet:{4} Council of Ministers was appointed by the president and confirmed by the Mejlis

{2}Legislative branch:{4} unicameral
National Assembly (Milli Mejlis): elections last held 12 and 26 November 1995 (next to be held
NA); percent of vote by party NA; seats - (125 total) number of seats by party NA

{2}Judicial branch:{4} Supreme Court

{2}Political parties and leaders:{4} Azerbaijan Popular Front (APF), Ebulfez ELCIBEY, chairman;
Musavat Party, Isa GAMBAR, chairman; National Independence Party, Etibar MAMEDOV,
chairman; Social Democratic Party (SDP), Araz ALIZADE, chairman; Communist Party, Ramiz
AKHMEDOV, chairman; People's Freedom Party, Yunus OGUZ, chairman; Independent Social
Democratic Party, Arif YUNUSOV and Leila YUNOSOVA, cochairmen; New Azerbaijan Party,
Heydar ALIYEV, chairman; Boz Gurd Party, Iskander HAMIDOV, chairman; Azerbaijan
Democratic Independence Party, Qabil HUSEYNLI, chairman; Islamic Party of Azerbaijan, Ali
Akram, chairman; Ana Veten Party, Fazail AGAMALIYEV; Azerbaijan Democratic Party, Sardar
Jalaloglu MAMEDOV; Azerbaijan Democratic Party of Proprietors (DPOP), Makhmud MAMEDOV;
Azerbaijan Patriotic Solidarity Party, Sabir RUSTAMHANLI; Azerbaijan Republic Reform Party,
Fuad ASADOV; Communist Party of Azerbaijan (unregistered), Sayad SAYADOV; Equality of the
Peoples Party, Faukhraddin AYDAYEV; Independent Azerbaijan Party, Nizami SULEYMANOV;
Labor Party of Azerbaijan, Sabutai HAJIYEV; Liberal-Democratic Party of Azerbaijan, Lyudmila
NIKOLAYEVNA; National Enlightenment Party, Hajy Osman EFENDIYEV; National Liberation
Party, Panak SHAKHSEVEV; Peasant Party, Firuz MUSTAFAYEV; Radical Party of Azerbaijan,
Malik SHARIFOV; United Azerbaijan Party, Kerrar ABILOV; Vetan Adzhagy Party, Zakir
TAGIYEV

{2}Other political or pressure groups:{4} self-proclaimed Armenian Nagorno-Karabakh Republic; Talysh
independence movement

{2}International organization participation:{4} BSEC, CCC, CIS, EBRD, ECE, ECO, ESCAP, FAO,
IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ITU, NACC, NAM
(observer), OIC, OSCE, PFP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO
(observer)

{2}Diplomatic representation in US:{4}
{3}chief of mission:{4} Ambassador Hafiz Mir Jalal PASHAYEV
{3}chancery:{4} (temporary) Suite 700, 927 15th Street NW, Washington, DC 20005
{3}telephone:{4} [1] [phone]
{3}FAX:{4} [1] [phone]

{2}US diplomatic representation:{4}
{3}chief of mission:{4} Ambassador Richard D. KAUZLARICH
{3}embassy:{4} Azadliq Prospekti 83, Baku
{3}mailing address:{4} use embassy street address
{3}telephone:{4} [9] [phone], 98-03-37, 98-03-36, 93-64-80, 96-36-21
{3}FAX:{4} [9] [phone]

{2}Flag:{4} three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), red, and green; a crescent and eight-pointed star
in white are centered in red band


{1}Economy{4}

{2}Economic overview:{4} Azerbaijan is less developed industrially than either Armenia or Georgia, the
other Transcaucasian states. It resembles the Central Asian states in its majority nominally
Muslim population, high structural unemployment, and low standard of living. The economy's most
prominent products are oil, cotton, and gas. Production from the Caspian oil and gas field has
been in decline for several years, but the November 1994 ratification of the $7.5 billion oil deal
with a consortium of Western companies should generate the funds needed to spur future
industrial development. Azerbaijan shares all the formidable problems of the ex-Soviet republics in
making the transition from a command to a market economy, but its considerable energy
resources brighten its long-term prospects. Baku has only recently begun making progress on
economic reform, and old economic ties and structures have yet to be replaced. Whereas the
economies of most of the former Soviet republics had begun to bottom out in 1995, Azerbaijan's
economy continued to plummet because of its late start on economic reform.

{2}GDP:{4} purchasing power parity - $11.5 billion (1995 estimate as extrapolated from World Bank
estimate for 1994)

{2}GDP real growth rate:{4} -17% (1995 est.)

{2}GDP per capita:{4} $1,480 (1995 est.)

{2}GDP composition by sector:{4}
{3}agriculture:{4} NA%
{3}industry:{4} NA%
{3}services:{4} NA%

{2}Inflation rate (consumer prices):{4} 85% (1995 est.)

{2}Labor force:{4} 2.789 million
{3}by occupation:{4} agriculture and forestry 32%, industry and construction 26%, other 42% (1990)

{2}Unemployment rate:{4} 2.3% includes officially registered unemployed; also large numbers of
unregistered unemployed and underemployed workers (December 1995)

{2}Budget:{4}
{3}revenues:{4} $465 million
{3}expenditures:{4} $488 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1995 est.)

{2}Industries:{4} petroleum and natural gas, petroleum products, oilfield equipment; steel, iron ore,
cement; chemicals and petrochemicals; textiles

{2}Industrial production growth rate:{4} -21% (1995 est.)

{2}Electricity:{4}
{3}capacity:{4} 4,900,000 kW
{3}production:{4} 17 billion kWh
{3}consumption per capita:{4} 2,200 kWh (1995 est.)

{2}Agriculture:{4} cotton, grain, rice, grapes, fruit, vegetables, tea, tobacco; cattle, pigs, sheep, goats

{2}Illicit drugs:{4} illicit cultivator of cannabis and opium poppy, mostly for CIS consumption; limited
government eradication program; transshipment point for illicit drugs to Western Europe

{2}Exports:{4} $549.9 million (f.o.b., 1995)
{3}commodities:{4} oil and gas, chemicals, oilfield equipment, textiles, cotton
{3}partners:{4} mostly CIS and European countries

{2}Imports:{4} $681.5 million (c.i.f., 1995)
{3}commodities:{4} machinery and parts, consumer durables, foodstuffs, textiles
{3}partners:{4} European countries

{2}External debt:{4} $100 million (of which $75 million to Russia)

{2}Economic aid:{4}
{3}recipient:{4} ODA, $14 million (1993)
{3}note:{4} commitments, 1992-95, $1,000 million ($185 million in disbursements); wheat from Turkey

{2}Currency:{4} 1 manat = 100 gopik

{2}Exchange rates:{4} manats per US$1 - 4,375 (April 1996), 4,500 (April 1995), 4,168 (end of
December 1994)

{2}Fiscal year:{4} calendar year


{1}Transportation{4}

{2}Railways:{4}
{3}total:{4} 2,125 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines
{3}broad gauge:{4} 2,125 km 1.520-m gauge (1,278 km electrified) (1993)

{2}Highways:{4}
{3}total:{4} 36,700 km
{3}paved:{4} 31,800 km (includes graveled)
{3}unpaved:{4} 4,900 km (1990 est.)

{2}Pipelines:{4} crude oil 1,130 km; petroleum products 630 km; natural gas 1,240 km

{2}Ports:{4} Baku (Baki)

{2}Airports:{4}
{3}total:{4} 69
{3}with paved runways over 3,047 m:{4} 2
{3}with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m:{4} 6
{3}with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m:{4} 17
{3}with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m:{4} 3
{3}with paved runways under 914 m:{4} 1
{3}with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m:{4} 7
{3}with unpaved runways under 914 m:{4} 33 (1994 est.)


{1}Communications{4}

{2}Telephones:{4} 710,000 (1991 est.)

{2}Telephone system:{4} 202,000 persons waiting for telephone installations (January 1991 est.)
{3}domestic:{4} telephone service is of poor quality and inadequate; a joint venture to establish a
cellular telephone system in the Baku area was supposed to become operational in 1994
{3}international:{4} cable and microwave radio relay connections to former Soviet republics; connection
through Moscow international gateway switch to other countries; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat
and 1 Intersputnik (Intelsat provides service to Turkey and through Turkey to 200 more countries;
Intersputnik provides direct service to New York)

{2}Radio broadcast stations:{4} AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA (1 state-owned radio broadcast station)

{2}Radios:{4} NA

{2}Television broadcast stations:{4} 2
{3}note:{4} domestic and Russian TV programs are received locally and Turkish and Iranian TV is
received from an Intelsat satellite through a receive-only earth station

{2}Televisions:{4} NA


{1}Defense{4}

{2}Branches:{4} Army, Navy, Air Force, Maritime Border Guard

{2}Manpower availability:{4}
{3}males age 15-49:{4} 1,952,390
{3}males fit for military service:{4} 1,574,813
{3}males reach military age (18) annually:{4} 68,006 (1996 est.)

{2}Defense expenditures:{4} 33.5 billion manats, NA% of GDP (1994); note - conversion of defense
expenditures into US dollars using the current exchange rate could produce misleading results