The 1992 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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       Terrain:

       large, flat Kura Lowland (much of it below sea level) with Great Caucasus

       Mountains to the north, Karabakh Upland in west; Baku lies on Aspheson

       Peninsula that juts into Caspian Sea

       Natural resources:

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

       Land use:

       NA% arable land; NA% permanent crops; NA% meadows and pastures; NA% forest

       and woodland; NA% other; includes 70% of cultivated land irrigated (1.2

       million hectares)

       Environment:

       local scientists consider Apsheron Peninsula, including Baku and Sumgait,

       and the Caspian Sea to be "most ecologically devastated area in the world"

       because of severe air and water pollution

       Note:

       landlocked; major polluters are oil, gas, and chemical industries

      :Azerbaijan People

      Population:

       7,450,787 (July 1992), growth rate 1.6% (1992)

       Birth rate:

       26 births/1,000 population (1992)

       Death rate:

       7 deaths/1,000 population (1992)

       Net migration rate:

       —3 migrants/1,000 population (1992)

       Infant mortality rate:

       45 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)

       Life expectancy at birth:

       65 years male, 73 years female (1992)

       Total fertility rate:

       2.9 children born/woman (1992)

       Nationality:

       noun - Azerbaijani(s); adjective - Azerbaijani

       Ethnic divisions:

       Azeri 82.7%, Russian 5.6%, Armenian 5.6%, Daghestanis 3.2%, other 2.9%; note

       - Armenian share may be less than 5.6% because many Armenians have fled the

       ethnic violence since 1989 census

       Religions:

       Moslem 87%, Russian Orthodox 5.6%, Armenian Orthodox 5.6%, other 1.8%

       Languages:

       Azeri 82%, Russian 7%, Armenian 5%, other 6%

       Literacy:

       NA% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1992 est.)

       Labor force:

       2,789,000; agriculture and forestry 32%, industry and construction 26%,

       other 42% (1990)

       Organized labor:

       NA (1992)

      :Azerbaijan Government

      Long-form name:

       Azerbaijani Republic; short-form name: Azerbaijan

       Type:

       republic

       Capital:

       Baku (Baky)

       Administrative divisions:

       1 autonomous republic (avtomnaya respublika), Nakhichevan' (administrative

       center at Nakhichevan'); note - all rayons except for the exclave of

       Nakhichevan' are under direct republic jurisdiction;1 autonomous oblast,

       Nagorno-Karabakh (officially abolished by Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet on 26

       November 1991) has declared itself Nagorno-Karabakh Republic

       Independence:

       28 May 1918; on 28 April 1920, Azerbaijan became the Soviet Socialist

       Republic of Azerbaijan; on 30 April 1992 it became the Azerbaijani Republic;

       independence declared 30 August 1991

       Constitution:

       adopted NA April 1978

       Legal system:

       based on civil law system

       National holiday:

       NA

       Executive branch:

       president, Council of Ministers

       Legislative branch:

       National Parliament (Milli Majlis) was formed on the basis of the National

       Council (Milli Shura)

       Judicial branch:

       Supreme Court

       Leaders:

       Chief of State:

       President-elect Ebulfez ELCIBEY (since 7 June 1992)

       Head of Government:

       Prime Minister Rahim GUSEYNOV (since 14 May 1992)

       Political parties and leaders:

       NA

       Suffrage:

       universal at age 18

       Elections:

       National Parliament:

       last held NA September 1990 (next expected to be held late 1992); results -

       seats - (360 total) Communists 280, Democratic Bloc 45 (grouping of

       opposition parties), other 15, vacant 20; note - these figures are

       approximate

       President:

       held 8 September 1991 (next to be held 7 June 1992); results - Ebulfez

       ELCIBEY (6,390 unofficial)

       Other political or pressure groups:

       Self-proclaimed Armenian Nagorno-Karabakh СКАЧАТЬ