Capital:Baku (Baki)
Population:7,911,974
Area:86,600 sq km
Climate:dry, semiarid steppe
Languages:Azerbaijani (Azeri) 89%, Russian 3%, Armenian 2%, other 6%
Currency:Azerbaijani manat (AZM)
Government:republic
Religions:Muslim 93.4%, Russian Orthodox 2.5%, Armenian Orthodox 2.3%, other 1.8%
Source: CIA World Factbook 2007
