Azerbaijan — Capital, Flag and Country Facts

Explore Azerbaijan: capital Baku, population, flag, geography, languages, history and culture.

Azerbaijan is in Asia. Its capital is Baku.

Climate

Dry subtropical with mild winters and hot, dry summers along the Caspian coast; alpine in highlands

Caucasus Mountains in the north; Kura-Araxes lowland in the center; semi-arid steppe

Azerbaijan is known as the "Land of Fire" due to its natural gas fires.

Azerbaijan was the first Muslim-majority country to grant women the right to vote in 1918.

The Baku Flame Towers are the tallest skyscrapers in the country at 182 meters each.

1918: Azerbaijan Democratic Republic founded, first secular democracy in the Muslim world

1920: Annexed by Soviet Russia

1991: Declares independence from the Soviet Union

1994: Contract of the Century signed for Caspian oil development

2006: Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline becomes operational