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Название: The 2003 CIA World Factbook

Автор: United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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Жанр: Социология

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СКАЧАТЬ sea level) with Great Caucasus Mountains to the north, Qarabag

       Yaylasi (Karabakh Upland) in west; Baku lies on Abseron Yasaqligi

       (Apsheron Peninsula) that juts into Caspian Sea

      Elevation extremes:

       lowest point: Caspian Sea −28 m

       highest point: Bazarduzu Dagi 4,485 m

      Natural resources:

       petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, nonferrous metals, alumina

      Land use: arable land: 19.31% permanent crops: 3.04% other: 77.65% (1998 est.)

      Irrigated land:

       14,550 sq km (1998 est.)

      Natural hazards:

       droughts

      Environment - current issues:

       local scientists consider the Abseron Yasaqligi (Apsheron

       Peninsula) (including Baku and Sumqayit) and the Caspian Sea to be

       the ecologically most devastated area in the world because of severe

       air, soil, and water pollution; soil pollution results from oil

       spills, from the use of DDT as a pesticide, and from toxic

       defoliants used in the production of cotton

      Environment - international agreements:

       party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto

       Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes,

       Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands

       signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

      Geography - note:

       both the main area of the country and the Naxcivan exclave are

       landlocked

      People Azerbaijan

      Population:

       7,830,764 (July 2003 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 27.7% (male 1,101,320; female 1,064,214)

       15–64 years: 64.7% (male 2,468,772; female 2,601,312)

       65 years and over: 7.6% (male 236,683; female 358,463) (2003 est.)

      Median age:

       total: 27.1 years

       male: 25.7 years

       female: 28.6 years (2002)

      Population growth rate:

       0.44% (2003 est.)

      Birth rate:

       19.28 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)

      Death rate:

       9.68 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)

      Net migration rate:

       −5.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)

      Sex ratio:

       at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

       under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female

       15–64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female

       65 years and over: 0.66 male(s)/female

       total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2003 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

       total: 82.41 deaths/1,000 live births

       female: 80.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

       male: 84.4 deaths/1,000 live births

      Life expectancy at birth:

       total population: 63.16 years

       male: 58.95 years

       female: 67.58 years (2003 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

       2.34 children born/woman (2003 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

       less than 0.1% (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

       less than 1,400 (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

       less than 100 (2001 est.)

      Nationality:

       noun: Azerbaijani(s)

       adjective: Azerbaijani

      Ethnic groups:

       Azeri 90%, Dagestani 3.2%, Russian 2.5%, Armenian 2%, other 2.3%

       (1998 est.)

       note: almost all Armenians live in the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh

       region

      Religions:

       Muslim 93.4%, Russian Orthodox 2.5%, Armenian Orthodox 2.3%, other

       1.8% (1995 est.)

       note: religious affiliation is still nominal in Azerbaijan;

       percentages for actual practicing adherents are much lower

      Languages:

       Azerbaijani (Azeri) 89%, Russian 3%, Armenian 2%, other 6% (1995

       est.)

      Literacy:

       definition: age 15 and over can read and write

       total population: 97%

       male: 99%

       female: 96% (1989 est.)

      Government Azerbaijan

      Country name:

       conventional long form: Republic of Azerbaijan

       conventional short form: Azerbaijan

       local short form: none

       former: Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic

       local long form: Azarbaycan Respublikasi

      Government type:

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