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Podzial administracyjny | 59 rayons (rayonlar; rayon - singular), 11 cities (saharlar; sahar - singular), 1 autonomous republic (muxtar respublika)
rayons: Abseron Rayonu, Agcabadi Rayonu, Agdam Rayonu, Agdas Rayonu, Agstafa Rayonu, Agsu Rayonu, Astara Rayonu, Balakan Rayonu, Barda Rayonu, Beylaqan Rayonu, Bilasuvar Rayonu, Cabrayil Rayonu, Calilabad Rayonu, Daskasan Rayonu, Davaci Rayonu, Fuzuli Rayonu, Gadabay Rayonu, Goranboy Rayonu, Goycay Rayonu, Haciqabul Rayonu, Imisli Rayonu, Ismayilli Rayonu, Kalbacar Rayonu, Kurdamir Rayonu, Lacin Rayonu, Lankaran Rayonu, Lerik Rayonu, Masalli Rayonu, Neftcala Rayonu, Oguz Rayonu, Qabala Rayonu, Qax Rayonu, Qazax Rayonu, Qobustan Rayonu, Quba Rayonu, Qubadli Rayonu, Qusar Rayonu, Saatli Rayonu, Sabirabad Rayonu, Saki Rayonu, Salyan Rayonu, Samaxi Rayonu, Samkir Rayonu, Samux Rayonu, Siyazan Rayonu, Susa Rayonu, Tartar Rayonu, Tovuz Rayonu, Ucar Rayonu, Xacmaz Rayonu, Xanlar Rayonu, Xizi Rayonu, Xocali Rayonu, Xocavand Rayonu, Yardimli Rayonu, Yevlax Rayonu, Zangilan Rayonu, Zaqatala Rayonu, Zardab Rayonu cities: Ali Bayramli Sahari, Baki Sahari, Ganca Sahari, Lankaran Sahari, Mingacevir Sahari, Naftalan Sahari, Saki Sahari, Sumqayit Sahari, Susa Sahari, Xankandi Sahari, Yevlax Sahari autonomous republic: Naxcivan Muxtar Respublikasi |
Struktura wiekowa | 0-14 years: 25.4% (male 1,086,271/female 975,100)
15-64 years: 67.7% (male 2,695,428/female 2,799,047) 65 years and over: 7% (male 211,438/female 352,963) (2007 est.) |
Rolinictwo | cotton, grain, rice, grapes, fruit, vegetables, tea, tobacco; cattle, pigs, sheep, goats |
Lotniska | 35 (2007) |
Lotniska z utwardzonymi pasami | total: 27
over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 6 1,524 to 2,437 m: 13 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 2 (2007) |
Lotniska z nieutwardzonymi pasami | total: 8
914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 7 (2007) |
Terytorium | total: 86,600 sq km
land: 86,100 sq km water: 500 sq km note: includes the exclave of Naxcivan Autonomous Republic and the Nagorno-Karabakh region; the region's autonomy was abolished by Azerbejdzani Supreme Soviet on 26 listopad 1991 |
Terytorium - porownanie wielkosci | slightly smaller than Maine |
Tlo historyczne | Azerbejdzan - a nation z 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 w 1991. Despite a 1994 cease-fire, Azerbejdzan has yet to resolve its conflict z Armenia over the Azerbejdzani Nagorno-Karabakh enclave (largely Armenian populated). Azerbejdzan has lost 16% of its territory and must support some 600,000 internally displaced persons as a result of the conflict. Corruption is ubiquitous, and the government has been accused of authoritarianism. Although the poverty rate has been reduced w recent years, the promise of widespread wealth from development of Azerbejdzan's energy sector remains largely unfulfilled. |
Wspolczynnik narodzin | 17.47 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Budzet | revenues: $6.752 billion
expenditures: $8.36 billion (2007 est.) |
Stolica | name: Baku (Baki, Baky)
geographic coordinates: 40 23 N, 49 52 E time difference: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday w marzec; ends last Sunday w pazdziernik |
Klimat | dry, semiarid steppe |
Linia brzegowa | 0 km (landlocked); note - Azerbejdzan borders the Caspian Sea (800 km est.) |
Konstytucja | adopted 12 listopad 1995 |
Nazwa panstwa | conventional long form: Republic of Azerbejdzan
conventional short form: Azerbejdzan local long form: Azarbaycan Respublikasi local short form: Azarbaycan former: Azerbejdzan Soviet Socialist Republic |
Wspolczynnik zgonow | 8.35 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Zadluzenie - zewnetrzne | $2.022 billion (31 grudzien 2007 est.) |
Reprezentacja dyplomatyczna ze strony USA | chief of mission: Ambassador Anne E. DERSE
embassy: 83 Azadliyg Prospecti, Baku AZ1007 mailing address: American Embassy Baku, US Department of State, 7050 Baku Place, Washington, DC 20521-7050 telephone: [994] (12) 4980-335 through 337 FAX: [994] (12) 4656-671 |
Reprezentacja dyplomatyczna w USA | chief of mission: Ambassador Yashar ALIYEV
chancery: 2741 34th Street NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 337-3500 FAX: [1] (202) 337-5911 Consulate(s) general: Los Angeles |
Miedzynarodowe dyskusje | Armenia supports ethnic Armenian secessionists w Nagorno-Karabakh and since the early 1990s has militarily occupied 16% of Azerbejdzan; over 800,000 mostly ethnic Azerbejdzanis were driven from the occupied lands and Armenia; about 230,000 ethnic Armenians were driven from their homes w Azerbejdzan into Armenia; Azerbejdzan seeks transit route through Armenia to connect to Naxcivan exclave; Organization dla Security and Cooperation w Europe (OSCE) continues to mediate dispute; Azerbejdzan, Kazachstan, and Rosja have ratified Caspian seabed delimitation treaties based on equidistance, while Iran continues to insist on an even one-fifth allocation and challenges Azerbejdzan's hydrocarbon exploration w disputed waters; bilateral talks continue z Turkmenistan on dividing the seabed and contested oilfields w the middle of the Caspian; Azerbejdzan and Georgia continue to discuss the alignment of their boundary at certain crossing areas |
Ekonomiczna pomoc - pobieranie | ODA, $223.4 million (2005 est.) |
Ekonomia | Azerbejdzan's high economic growth w 2006 and 2007 is attributable to large and growing oil exports. Azerbejdzan's oil production declined through 1997, but has registered an increase every year since. Negotiation of production-sharing arrangements (PSAs) z foreign firms, which have committed $60 billion to long-term oilfield development, should generate the funds needed to spur future industrial development. Oil production under the first of these PSAs, z the Azerbejdzan International Operating Company, began w listopad 1997. A consortium of Western oil companies began pumping 1 million barrels a day from a large offshore field w early 2006, through a $4 billion pipeline it built from Baku to Turcja's Mediterranean port of Ceyhan. By 2010 revenues from this project will double the country's current Produkt krajowy brutto. Azerbejdzan shares all the formidable problems of the former Soviet republics w making the transition from a command to a market economy, but its considerable energy resources brighten its long-term prospects. Baku has only recently begun making progress on economic reform, and old economic ties and structures are slowly being replaced. Several other obstacles impede Azerbejdzan's economic progress: the need dla stepped up foreign investment w the non-energy sector, the continuing conflict z Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, pervasive corruption, and elevated inflation. Trade z Rosja and the other former Soviet republics is declining w importance, while trade is building z Turcja and the nations of Europe. Long-term prospects will depend on world oil prices, the location of new oil and gas pipelines w the region, and Azerbejdzan's ability to manage its energy wealth. |
Elektrycznosc - konsumpcja | 27.5 billion kWh (2007 est.) |
Elektrycznosc - eksport | 880 million kWh (2005) |
Elektrycznosc - import | 2.082 billion kWh (2005) |
Elektrycznosc - produkcja | 23.8 billion kWh (2007 est.) |
Skrajne punkty wysokosci | lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point: Bazarduzu Dagi 4,485 m |
Srodowisko - obecne problemy | local scientists consider the Abseron Yasaqligi (Apsheron Peninsula) (including Baku and Sumqayit) and the Caspian Sea to be the ecologically most devastated area w the world because of severe air, soil, and water pollution; soil pollution results from oil spills, from the use of DDT pesticide, and from toxic defoliants used w the production of cotton |
Srodowisko - miedzynarodowe umowy | party to: Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Klimat Change, Klimat Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
Grupy etniczne | Azeri 90.6%, Dagestani 2.2%, Rosjan 1.8%, Armenian 1.5%, other 3.9% (1999 census)
note: almost all Armenians live w the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region |
Kurs waluty | Azerbejdzani manats per US dollar - 0.8581 (2007), 0.8934 (2006), 4,727.1 (2005), 4,913.48 (2004), 4,910.73 (2003)
note: on 1 styczen 2006 Azerbejdzan revalued its currency, z 5,000 old manats equal to 1 new manat |
Wladza wykonawcza | chief of state: President Ilham ALIYEV (since 31 pazdziernik 2003)
head of government: Prime Minister Artur RASIZADE (since 4 listopad 2003); First Deputy Prime Minister Yaqub EYYUBOV (since czerwiec 2006) cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president and confirmed by the National Assembly elections: president elected by popular vote to a five-year term (eligible dla a second term); election last held 15 pazdziernik 2003 (next to be held w pazdziernik 2008); prime minister and first deputy prime minister appointed by the president and confirmed by the National Assembly election results: Ilham ALIYEV elected president; percent of vote - Ilham ALIYEV 76.8%, Isa GAMBAR 14% |
Eksport | 880 million kWh (2005) |
Eksport | $19.53 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.) |
Eksport | 0 cu m (2005 est.) |
Eksport | 795,600 bbl/day (2007 est.) |
Eksport - towary | oil and gas 90%, machinery, cotton, foodstuffs |
Eksport - partnerzy | Wlochy 44.7%, Izrael 10.7%, Turcja 6.1%, Francja 5.5%, Rosja 5.4%, Iran 4.6%, Georgia 4.5% (2006) |
Rok podatkowy | rok kalendarzowy |
Opis flagi | three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), red, and green; a crescent and eight-pointed star w white are centered w red band |
Produkt krajowy brutto - podzial wg galezi przemyslu | agriculture: 6%
industry: 64% services: 29.9% (2007 est.) |
Produkt krajowy brutto - realny wspolczynnik wzrostu | 31% (2007 est.) |
Koordynaty geograficzne | 40 30 N, 47 30 E |
Polozenie geograficzne | both the main area of the country and the Naxcivan exclave are landlocked |
Ladowiska helikopterow | 1 (2007) |
Domowy dochód albo konsumpcja wg podzialu procentowego | lowest 10%: 3.1%
highest 10%: 29.5% (2001) |
Narkotyki | limited illicit cultivation of cannabis and opium poppy, mostly dla CIS consumption; small government eradication program; transit point dla Southwest Asian opiates bound dla Rosja and to a lesser extent the rest of Europe |
Import | 2.082 billion kWh (2005) |
Import | $6.376 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.) |
Import | 4.373 billion cu m (2005) |
Import | 3,924 bbl/day (2004) |
Import - towary | machinery and equipment, oil products, foodstuffs, metals, chemicals |
Import - partnerzy | Rosja 22.4%, UK 8.6%, Niemcy 7.7%, Turcja 7.3%, Turkmenistan 7%, Ukraina 6%, Chiny 4.2% (2006) |
Niepodleglosc | 30 sierpien 1991 (from Soviet Union) |
Wspolczynnik wzrostu produkcji w przemysle | 31% (2007 est.) |
Przemysl | petroleum and natural gas, petroleum products, oilfield equipment; steel, iron ore; cement; chemicals and petrochemicals; textiles |
Wspolczynnik umieralnosci noworodkow | total: 58.31 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 64.03 deaths/1,000 live births female: 51.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
Inflacja | 16% (2007 est.) |
Czlonek miedzynarodowych organizacji | ADB, BSEC, CE, CIS, EAPC, EBRD, ECO, FAO, GCTU, GUAM, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM (observer), OAS (observer), OIC, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, SECI (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer) |
Nawadniane tereny | 14,550 sq km (2003) |
Sadownictwo | Supreme Court |
Sila robocza | 5.243 million (2007 est.) |
Sila robocza - wg galezi gospodarki | agriculture: 41%
industry: 7% services: 52% (2001) |
Granica | total: 2,013 km
border countries: Armenia (with Azerbejdzan-proper) 566 km, Armenia (with Azerbejdzan-Naxcivan exclave) 221 km, Georgia 322 km, Iran (with Azerbejdzan-proper) 432 km, Iran (with Azerbejdzan-Naxcivan exclave) 179 km, Rosja 284 km, Turcja 9 km |
Zagospodarowanie terenu | arable land: 20.62%
permanent crops: 2.61% other: 76.77% (2005) |
Jezyki | Azerbejdzani (Azeri) 90.3%, Lezgi 2.2%, Rosjan 1.8%, Armenian 1.5%, other 3.3%, unspecified 1% (1999 census) |
System prawny | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
Wladza ustawodawcza | unicameral National Assembly or Milli Mejlis (125 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 6 listopad 2005 (next to be held w listopad 2010) election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Yeni 58, Azadliq coalition 8, CSP 2, YES 2, Motherland 2, other parties z single seats 7, independents 42, undetermined 4 |
Zywotnosc | total population: 65.96 years
male: 61.86 years female: 70.66 years (2007 est.) |
Pismienni | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.8% male: 99.5% female: 98.2% (1999 census) |
Lokalizacja | Southwestern Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Rosja, z a small European portion north of the Caucasus range |
Lokalizacja na mapie | Asia |
Morskie obszary | none (landlocked) |
Flota handlowa | total: 86 ships (1000 GRT or over) 421,061 GRT/460,968 DWT
by type: cargo 26, passenger 2, passenger/cargo 9, petroleum tanker 45, roll on/roll off 1, specialized tanker 3 registered w other countries: 4 (Georgia 1, Malta 3) (2007) |
Wojsko | Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces (2008) |
Wojsko - wydatki (procent PKB) | 2.6% (2005 est.) |
Swieto narodowe | Founding of the Democratic Republic of Azerbejdzan, 28 maj (1918) |
Narodowosc | noun: Azerbejdzani(s)
adjective: Azerbejdzani |
Naturalne zagrozenia | droughts |
Surowce naturalne | petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, nonferrous metals, bauxite |
Wspolczynnik migracji | -2.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Rurociagi | gas 3,857 km; oil 2,436 km (2007) |
Partie polityczne i przywodcy | Azadliq ("Freedom") coalition (Popular Front Party, Liberal Party, Citizens' Development Party); Azerbejdzan Democratic Party (ADP) [Sardar JALALOGLU]; Azerbejdzan Democratic Reforms Party (ADRP) Youth Movement [Ramin HAJILI]; Azerbejdzan Popular Front or APF, now split w two [Ali KARIMLI, leader of "Reform" APF party; Mirmahmud MIRALI-OGLU, leader of "Classic" APF party]; Azerbejdzan Public Forum [Eldar NAMAZOV]; Citizens' Development Party [Ali ALIYEV]; Civil Solidarity Party or CSP [Sabir RUSTAMKHANLY]; Dalga Youth Movement [Vafa JAFAROVA]; Green Party [Mais GULALIYEV and Tarana MAMMADOVA]; Hope (Umid) Party [Iqbal AGAZADE]; Ireli Youth Movement [Jeyhun OSMANLI, Roya TALIBOVA, Farhad MAMMADOV, Elnara GARIBOVA, Elnur MAMMADOV, Ziya ALIYEV]; Justice Party [Ilyas ISMAILOV]; Liberal Party of Azerbejdzan [Lala Shovkat HACIYEVA]; Magam Youth Movement [Emin HUSEYNOV]; Motherland Party [Fazail AGAMALI]; Musavat ("Equality") [Isa GAMBAR, chairman]; Musavat Party Youth Movement [Elnur MAMMADLI]; National Democratic Party or "Grey Wolves" (Nationalist, Pan-Turkic) [Iskender HAMIDOV]; Open Society Party [Rasul GULIYEV, w exile w the US]; Party dla National Niepodleglosc of Azerbejdzan or PNIA [Ayaz RUSTAMOV]; Popular Front Party Youth Movement [Seymur KHAZIYEV]; Social Democratic Party of Azerbejdzan or SDP [Araz ALIZADE and Ayaz MUTALIBOV (in exile)]; Turkish Nationalist Party [Vugar BAYTURAN]; United Azerbejdzan Party [Karrar ABILOV]; United Azerbejdzan National Unity Party [Hajibaba AZIMOV]; United Party [Tahir KARIMLI]; Yeni (New) Azerbejdzan Party [President Ilham ALIYEV]; Yeni Azerbejdzan Party Youth Movement [Ramil HASANOV]; Yox (No) Youth Movement [Ali ISMAYILOV]
note: opposition parties regularly factionalize and form new parties; |
Przesladowania polityczne ugrupowan oraz liderow | Sadval, Lezgin movement; self-proclaimed Armenian Nagorno-Karabakh Republic; Talysh independence movement; Union of Pro-Azerbejdzani Forces (UPAF); Karabakh Liberation Organization |
Ludnosc | 8,120,247 (lipiec 2007 est.) |
Ludnosc zyjaca na skraju ubostwa | 24% (2005 est.) |
Przyrost naturalny | 0.688% (2007 est.) |
Stacje radiowe | AM 10, FM 17, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Linie kolejowe | total: 2,122 km
broad gauge: 2,122 km 1.520-m gauge (1,278 km electrified) (2006) |
Religie | Muslim 93.4%, Rosjan Orthodox 2.5%, Armenian Orthodox 2.3%, other 1.8% (1995 est.)
note: religious affiliation is still nominal w Azerbejdzan; percentages dla actual practicing adherents are much lower |
Wspolczynnik plci | at birth: 1.15 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.114 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.963 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.599 male(s)/female total population: 0.968 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
Prawo wyborcze | 18 years of age; universal |
System telefoniczny | general assessment: inadequate; requires considerable expansion and modernization; teledensity of 15 main lines per 100 persons is low; mobile cellular penetration is increasing and is currently about 40 telephones per 100 persons
domestic: fixed-line telephony and a broad range of other telecom services are controlled by a state-owned telecoms monopoly and growth has been stagnant; more competition exists w the mobile-cellular market z three providers w 2006; satellite service connects Baku to a modern switch w its exclave of Naxcivan international: country code - 994; the old Soviet system of cable and microwave is still serviceable; satellite earth stations - 2 (2007) |
Telefony - wykorzystywane linie telefoniczne | 1.189 million (2006) |
Telefony komorkowe | 3.324 million (2006) |
Stacje telewizyjne | 2 (1997) |
Uksztaltowanie terenu | large, flat Kur-Araz Ovaligi (Kura-Araks Lowland) (much of it below sea level) z Great Caucasus Mountains to the north, Qarabag Yaylasi (Karabakh Upland) w west; Baku lies on Abseron Yasaqligi (Apsheron Peninsula) that juts into Caspian Sea |
Wspolczynnik nardzin przypadajacy na kobiety | 2.05 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
Wspolczynnik bezrobocia | 8.5% official rate (2005 est.) |