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AZERBAIJAN

General Information

Map of Azerbaijan

Capital:

Baku 1,149,000 (1990 est.)

Area:

86,600 sq km (33,378 sq mi)

Form of government

Presidential Republic with unicameral legislature

GDP per capita

Purchasing power parity-$1,770 (1999 est.)

Population

7,908,224 (July 1999 est.)

Ethnic composition

Azeri - 90%

Dagestani Peoples - 3.2%

Russian - 2.5%

Armenian - 2%

Other - 2.3%

Note: almost all Armenians live in the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region

Updated (November 2003)

ETHNIC MINORITIES IN AZERBAIJAN

 

Minority group Number of people Location
The Lezghins 178,000 (2.23%) Northern Azerbaijan: Khachmaz-Gusar region and big cities as Baku and Sumgait
The Russians 141,700 (1.78%) Mostly in big cities: Baku, Sumgait
The Ukrainians 29,000 (0.36%) Mostly in big cities: Baku, Sumgait
The Armenians 120,700 (1.51%) Mostly territories under Armenian rule
 
The Talishes 76,800 (0.97%) South-Eastern Azerbaijan, along the Iranian border
The Avars 50,900 (0.64%) North-Western Azerbaijan, along the Russian border
The Sakhurs 15,900 (0.19%) North-Western Azerbaijan, along the Russian border
The Meskhetian-Turks 43,400 (0.55%) Mid-lowland region of Azerbaijan
The Georgians 14,000 (0.18%) North Western part of Azerbaijan, along the Georgian border
The Kurds 13,100 (0.16%) Lachin-Kalbajar region being under the Armenian occupation
The Udis 4,700 (0.006%) Northern Azerbaijan-Gabala region
The Jews 8,900 (0.11%) Baku, Guba
The Tatars 30,000 (0.38%) Baku, Guba
The Tats 10,900 (0.14%) Baku, Guba

Source: Census of the population in the Azerbaijan Republic of the year 1999", Part IV, State Statistics Committee of the Azerbaijan Republic, Baku 2000, available at: http://www.statcom.baku-az.com

Official Language(s)

Azerbaijani

Minority Language(s)

Russian, Armenian, others

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