Azerbaijan Independence Day

Azerbaijan Independence Day

• Azerbaijan Independence Day on October 18th, on the Anniversary of their Independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
• Joined the United Nations on March 2nd, 1992.
• Capital City and Largest City is Baku with a Population of 2,262,600 about the same size as Houston, Texas.
• Current President is Ilham Aliyev
• Current Prime Minister is Novruz Mammadov
• Total Population is 9,898,100 people which is about the same Population as the state of Michigan.
• Current Government is Unitary Dominant-Party Semi-Presidential Republic
• Currency is the Manat. Current Exchange rate is 1 US Dollar equals 1.7 Manats.
• Official Language is Azerbaijani
• Has a Number of Ethnic Minority Languages: Avar, Budukh, Georgian, Juhuri, Khinalug, Kryts, Kurdish, Lezgian, Russian, Rutul, Talysh, Tat, Tsakhur and Udi.
• Religion is 97.4% Islam.

Happy Independence Day Azerbaijan!

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