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Azerbaijan
Location marker · geographic overview
40.5° N / 47.5° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Baku
- Population
- 10,202,830 2024
- Area
- 86,600 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- Azerbaijani
- Currency
- Azerbaijani manat (AZN)
- Geography
- Landlocked
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan) is a former Soviet republic in the Caucasus and is variously considered part of Europe or Asia.
Food & everyday culture
Azeri cuisine (azərbaycan mətbəxi) might not seem diverse to Western Europeans, but it is worth trying. Most of the dishes contain a lot of meat (including fat) and vegetables. Bread is a staple, and is quite revered by the people of Azerbaijan.Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-08-02. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Western Asia
- Calling code
- +994
- Internet domain
- .az
- Land border codes
- ARM, GEO, IRN, RUS, TUR
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .az. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.