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List All Cities in Azerbaijan Listing cities Azerbaijan database :
Agdam Agdash Agjabadi Agstafa Agsu Astara Babek Baku Balakan Barda Beylagan Bilasuvar Dashkasan Davachi Fuzuli Gadabay Ganja Goranboy Goychay Goygol Hajigabul Imishli Ismailli Jabrayil Jalilabad Julfa Kalbajar Khachmaz Khojali Khojavend Khyrdalan Kurdamir Lachin Lankaran Lerik Masally Mingacevir Naftalan Nakhichevan Neftchala Oguz Ordubad Qabala Qakh Qazakh Quba Qubadli Qusar Saatly Sabirabad Salyan Shakhbuz Shaki Shamakhy Shamkir Sharur Shirvan Shusha Siazan Sumqayit Tartar Tovuz Ujar Yardimly Yevlakh Zangilan Zaqatala Zardab
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Background
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Azerbaijan - a nation with a majority-Turkic and majority-Muslim population - was briefly independent from 1918 to 1920; it regained its independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Despite a 1994 cease-fire, Azerbaijan has yet to resolve its conflict with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh, a primarily Armenian-populated region, assigned to Soviet Azerbaijan in the 1920s by Moscow. Armenia and Azerbaijan began fighting over the area in 1988; the struggle escalated after both countries attained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. By May 1994, when a cease-fire took hold, ethnic Armenian forces held not only Nagorno-Karabakh but also seven surrounding provinces in the territory of Azerbaijan. Corruption in the country is ubiquitous, and the government, which eliminated presidential term limits in a 2009 referendum, has been accused of authoritarianism. Although the poverty rate has been reduced in recent years due to revenue from oil production, the promise of widespread wealth resulting from the continued development of Azerbaijan's energy sector remains largely unfulfilled.
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Population
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8,303,512 (July 2010 est.)
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Government type
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59 rayons (rayonlar; rayon - singular), 11 cities (saharlar; sahar - singular), 1 autonomous republic (muxtar respublika)
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Administrative divisions
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republic
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Independence
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Founding of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan, 28 May (1918)
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International organization participation
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three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), red, and green; a crescent and eight-pointed star in white are centered in the red band; the blue band recalls Azerbaijan's Turkic heritage, red stands for modernization and progress, and green refers to Islam; the crescent moon is an Islamic symbol, while the eight-pointed star represents the eight Turkic peoples of the world
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Economy - overview
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Market value of publicly traded shares
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petroleum and natural gas, petroleum products, oilfield equipment; steel, iron ore; cement; chemicals and petrochemicals; textiles
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Agriculture - products
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8.6% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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18.6 billion kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial production growth rate
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18 billion kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity - production
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786 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Oil - production
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528,900 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Internet country code
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1.485 million (2008)
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