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World Gazetteer Results for Saatlı:
NameSaatlı
Geographical TypeRayon
Population87031
CountryAzerbaijan
Dictionary Results for Azerbaijan:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Azerbaijan
    n 1: a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an
         Asian soviet [syn: Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Republic,
         Azerbajdzhan, Azerbajdzhan Republic]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Azerbaidzhan \Azerbaidzhan\, Azerbaijan \Azerbaijan\n.
   a country in the Caucuses, formerly an Asian Soviet.
   [WordNet 1.5]

3. CIA World Factbook 2002
Azerbaijan

   Introduction Azerbaijan
   -----------------------
                            Background: Azerbaijan - a nation of Turkic
                                        Muslims - has been an independent
                                        republic since the collapse of the
                                        Soviet Union in 1991. Despite a 1994
                                        cease-fire, Azerbaijan has yet to
                                        resolve its conflict with Armenia
                                        over the Azerbaijani Nagorno-
                                        Karabakh enclave (largely Armenian
                                        populated). Azerbaijan has lost
                                        almost 20% of its territory and must
                                        support some 750,000 refugees and
                                        internally displaced persons as a
                                        result of the conflict. Corruption
                                        is ubiquitous and the promise of
                                        widespread wealth from Azerbaijan's
                                        undeveloped petroleum resources
                                        remains largely unfulfilled.
  
   Geography Azerbaijan
   --------------------
                              Location: Southwestern Asia, bordering the
                                        Caspian Sea, between Iran and Russia
                Geographic coordinates: 40 30 N, 47 30 E
                        Map references: Asia
                                  Area: total: 86,600 sq km
                                        note: includes the exclave of
                                        Naxcivan Autonomous Republic and the
                                        Nagorno-Karabakh region; the
                                        region's autonomy was abolished by
                                        Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet on 26
                                        November 1991
                                        water: 500 sq km
                                        land: 86,100 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Maine
                       Land boundaries: total: 2,013 km
                                        border countries: Armenia (with
                                        Azerbaijan-proper) 566 km, Armenia
                                        (with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave)
                                        221 km, Georgia 322 km, Iran (with
                                        Azerbaijan-proper) 432 km, Iran
                                        (with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave)
                                        179 km, Russia 284 km, Turkey 9 km
                             Coastline: 0 km (landlocked); note - Azerbaijan
                                        borders the Caspian Sea (800 km,
                                        est.)
                       Maritime claims: none (landlocked)
                               Climate: dry, semiarid steppe
                               Terrain: large, flat Kur-Araz Ovaligi (Kura-
                                        Araks Lowland) (much of it below 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: 77.66% (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, water, and soil pollution; soil
                                        pollution results from the use of
                                        DDT as a pesticide and also from
                                        toxic defoliants used in the
                                        production of cotton
            Environment - international party to: Biodiversity, Climate
                            agreements: 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: 7,798,497 (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 28.3% (male 1,122,340;
                                        female 1,082,355)
                                        15-64 years: 64.3% (male 2,441,830;
                                        female 2,577,109)
                                        65 years and over: 7.4% (male
                                        228,735; female 346,128) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 0.38% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 18.84 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 9.61 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: -5.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population
                                        (2002 est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.04 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 (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 82.74 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 63.06 years
                                        female: 67.53 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 58.8 years
                  Total fertility rate: 2.29 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: less than 0.01% (1999 est.)
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ less than 500 (1999 est.)
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 100 (1999 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: republic
                               Capital: Baku (Baki)
              Administrative divisions: 59 rayons (rayonlar; rayon -
                                        singular), 11 cities* (saharlar;
                                        sahar - singular), 1 autonomous
                                        republic** (muxtar respublika);
                                        Abseron Rayonu, Agcabadi Rayonu,
                                        Agdam Rayonu, Agdas Rayonu, Agstafa
                                        Rayonu, Agsu Rayonu, Ali Bayramli
                                        Sahari*, Astara Rayonu, Baki
                                        Sahari*, Balakan Rayonu, Barda
                                        Rayonu, Beylaqan Rayonu, Bilasuvar
                                        Rayonu, Cabrayil Rayonu, Calilabad
                                        Rayonu, Daskasan Rayonu, Davaci
                                        Rayonu, Fuzuli Rayonu, Gadabay
                                        Rayonu, Ganca Sahari*, Goranboy
                                        Rayonu, Goycay Rayonu, Haciqabul
                                        Rayonu, Imisli Rayonu, Ismayilli
                                        Rayonu, Kalbacar Rayonu, Kurdamir
                                        Rayonu, Lacin Rayonu, Lankaran
                                        Rayonu, Lankaran Sahari*, Lerik
                                        Rayonu, Masalli Rayonu, Mingacevir
                                        Sahari*, Naftalan Sahari*, Naxcivan
                                        Muxtar Respublikasi**, Neftcala
                                        Rayonu, Oguz Rayonu, Qabala Rayonu,
                                        Qax Rayonu, Qazax Rayonu, Qobustan
                                        Rayonu, Quba Rayonu, Qubadli Rayonu,
                                        Qusar Rayonu, Saatli Rayonu,
                                        Sabirabad Rayonu, Saki Rayonu, Saki
                                        Sahari*, Salyan Rayonu, Samaxi
                                        Rayonu, Samkir Rayonu, Samux Rayonu,
                                        Siyazan Rayonu, Sumqayit Sahari*,
                                        Susa Rayonu, Susa Sahari*, Tartar
                                        Rayonu, Tovuz Rayonu, Ucar Rayonu,
                                        Xacmaz Rayonu, Xankandi Sahari*,
                                        Xanlar Rayonu, Xizi Rayonu, Xocali
                                        Rayonu, Xocavand Rayonu, Yardimli
                                        Rayonu, Yevlax Rayonu, Yevlax
                                        Sahari*, Zangilan Rayonu, Zaqatala
                                        Rayonu, Zardab Rayonu
                          Independence: 30 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
                      National holiday: Founding of the Democratic Republic
                                        of Azerbaidzhan, 28 May (1918)
                          Constitution: adopted 12 November 1995
                          Legal system: based on civil law system
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
                      Executive branch: chief of state: President Heydar
                                        ALIYEV (since 18 June 1993)
                                        head of government: Prime Minister
                                        Artur RASIZADE (since 26 November
                                        1996)
                                        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;
                                        election last held 11 October 1998
                                        (next to be held NA October 2003);
                                        prime minister and first deputy
                                        prime ministers appointed by the
                                        president and confirmed by the
                                        National Assembly
                                        election results: Heydar ALIYEV
                                        reelected president; percent of vote
                                        - Heydar ALIYEV 77.6%, Etibar
                                        MAMEDOV 11.8%, Nizami SULEYMANOV
                                        8.2%
                    Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly or
                                        Milli Mejlis (125 seats; members
                                        elected by popular vote to serve
                                        five-year terms)
                                        elections: last held 4 November 2000
                                        (next to be held NA November 2005)
                                        election results: percent of vote by
                                        party - NA%; seats by party - NAP
                                        and allies 108, APF 6, CSP 3, PNIA
                                        2, Musavat Party 2, CPA 2, APF
                                        "traditionalist" 1, Compatriot Party
                                        1
                       Judicial branch: Supreme Court
         Political parties and leaders: Azerbaijan Popular Front or APF [Ali
                                        KARIMLI, leader of "reform faction";
                                        Mirmahmud FATTAYEV, leader of
                                        "traditionalist" faction]; Civic
                                        Solidarity Party or CSP [Sabir
                                        RUSTAMKHANLY]; Civic Union Party
                                        [Ayaz MUTALIBOV]; Communist Party of
                                        Azerbaijan or CPA [Ramiz AHMADOV];
                                        Compatriot Party [Mais SAFARLI];
                                        Democratic Party for Azerbaijan or
                                        DPA [Rasul QULIYEV, chairman];
                                        Justice Party [Ilyas ISMAILOV];
                                        Liberal Party of Azerbaijan [Lala
                                        Shvkat HACIYEVA]; Musavat [Isa
                                        GAMBAR, chairman]; New Azerbaijan
                                        Party or NAP [Heydar ALIYEV,
                                        chairman]; Party for National
                                        Independence of Azerbaijan or PNIA
                                        [Etibar MAMMADOV, chairman]; Social
                                        Democratic Party of Azerbaijan or
                                        SDP [Zardust ALIZADE and Araz
                                        ALIZADE]
                                        note: opposition parties regularly
                                        factionalize and form new parties
          Political pressure groups and Sadval, Lezgin movement; self-
                               leaders: proclaimed Armenian Nagorno-Karabakh
                                        Republic; Talysh independence
                                        movement
             International organization AsDB, BSEC, CCC, CE, CIS, EAPC,
                         participation: EBRD, ECE, ECO, ESCAP, FAO, IAEA,
                                        IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB,
                                        IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO,
                                        Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO
                                        (correspondent), ITU, NAM
                                        (observer), OAS (observer), OIC,
                                        OPCW, OSCE, PFP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
                                        UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO,
                                        WToO, WTrO (observer)
   Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Hafiz
                                        Mir Jalal PASHAYEV
                                        chancery: 2741 34th Street NW,
                                        Washington, DC 20008
                                        FAX: [1] (202) 337-5911
                                        telephone: [1] (202) 337-3500
     Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: Ambassador Ross
                                    US: WILSON
                                        embassy: 83 Azadliq Avenue, Baku
                                        370007
                                        mailing address: American Embassy
                                        Baku, Department of State,
                                        Washington, DC 20521-7050
                                        telephone: [9] (9412) 98-03-35, 36,
                                        37
                                        FAX: [9] (9412) 90-66-71
                      Flag description: three equal horizontal bands of blue
                                        (top), red, and green; a crescent
                                        and eight-pointed star in white are
                                        centered in red band
  
   Economy Azerbaijan
   ------------------
                    Economy - overview: Azerbaijan's number one export is
                                        oil. Azerbaijan's oil production
                                        declined through 1997 but has
                                        registered an increase every year
                                        since. Negotiation of production-
                                        sharing arrangements (PSAs) with
                                        foreign firms, which have thus far
                                        committed $60 billion to oilfield
                                        development, should generate the
                                        funds needed to spur future
                                        industrial development. Oil
                                        production under the first of these
                                        PSAs, with the Azerbaijan
                                        International Operating Company,
                                        began in November 1997. Azerbaijan
                                        shares all the formidable problems
                                        of the former Soviet republics in
                                        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. An obstacle
                                        to economic progress, including
                                        stepped up foreign investment in the
                                        non-energy sector, is the continuing
                                        conflict with Armenia over the
                                        Nagorno-Karabakh region. Trade with
                                        Russia and the other former Soviet
                                        republics is declining in importance
                                        while trade is building with Turkey
                                        and the nations of Europe. Long-term
                                        prospects will depend on world oil
                                        prices, the location of new
                                        pipelines in the region, and
                                        Azerbaijan's ability to manage its
                                        oil wealth.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $24.3
                                        billion (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 9.9% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $3,100
                                        (2001 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 22%
                                        industry: 33%
                                        services: 45% (2000 est.)
         Population below poverty line: 64% (2001 est.)
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: 2.8%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: 27.8% (1995)
   Distribution of family income - Gini 36 (1995)
                                 index:
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.6% (2001 est.)
                           Labor force: 2.9 million (1997)
           Labor force - by occupation: agriculture and forestry 32%,
                                        industry 15%, services 53% (1997)
                     Unemployment rate: 20% (official rate is 1.3% for 2001)
                                        (1999 est.)
                                Budget: revenues: $888 million
                                        expenditures: $978 million,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $NA (2001 est.)
                            Industries: petroleum and natural gas, petroleum
                                        products, oilfield equipment; steel,
                                        iron ore, cement; chemicals and
                                        petrochemicals; textiles
     Industrial production growth rate: 5.1% (2001 est.)
              Electricity - production: 17.6 billion kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 91.37%
                                        hydro: 8.63%
                                        other: 0% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 16.7 billion kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 900 million kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 1.25 billion kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: cotton, grain, rice, grapes, fruit,
                                        vegetables, tea, tobacco; cattle,
                                        pigs, sheep, goats
                               Exports: $2 billion (f.o.b., 2001 est.)
                 Exports - commodities: oil and gas 90%, machinery, cotton,
                                        foodstuffs
                    Exports - partners: Italy 43.7%, France 11.8%, Israel
                                        7.7%, Turkey 6.0%, France 5.6%
                                        (2000)
                               Imports: $1.6 billion (f.o.b., 2001)
                 Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, foodstuffs,
                                        metals, chemicals
                    Imports - partners: Russia 21.3%, Turkey 11%, US 8.9%,
                                        Iran 5.8%, Germany 5.8% (2000)
                       Debt - external: $1.5 billion (2001)
              Economic aid - recipient: ODA, $113 million (1996)
                              Currency: Azerbaijani manat (AZM)
                         Currency code: AZM
                        Exchange rates: Azerbaijani manats per US dollar -
                                        4,804 (11 February 2002), 4,656.58
                                        (2001), 4,474.15 (2000), 4,120.17
                                        (1999), 3,869 (1998), 3,985.38
                                        (1997)
                           Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Communications Azerbaijan
   -------------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 663,000 (1997)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: 40,000 (1997)
                      Telephone system: general assessment: inadequate;
                                        requires considerable expansion and
                                        modernization; teledensity of 8.6
                                        main lines per 100 persons is very
                                        low
                                        domestic: the majority of telephones
                                        are in Baku and other industrial
                                        centers - about 700 villages still
                                        without public telephone service;
                                        satellite service connects Baku to a
                                        modern switch in its exclave of
                                        Naxcivan
                                        international: the old Soviet system
                                        of cable and microwave is still
                                        serviceable; a satellite connection
                                        to Turkey enables Baku to reach
                                        about 200 additional countries, some
                                        of which are directly connected to
                                        Baku by satellite providers other
                                        than Turkey (1997)
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 10, FM 17, shortwave 1 (1998)
                                Radios: 175,000 (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 2 (1997)
                           Televisions: 170,000 (1997)
                 Internet country code: .az
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 2 (2000)
                        Internet users: 12,000 (2001)
  
   Transportation Azerbaijan
   -------------------------
                              Railways: total: 2,125 km in common carrier
                                        service; does not include industrial
                                        lines
                                        broad gauge: 2,125 km 1.520-m gauge
                                        (1,278 km electrified) (1993 est.)
                              Highways: total: 36,700 km
                                        paved: 31,800 km (includes some all-
                                        weather gravel-surfaced roads)
                                        unpaved: 4,900 km (these roads are
                                        made of unstabilized earth and are
                                        difficult to negotiate in wet
                                        weather) (1990)
                             Waterways: none
                             Pipelines: crude oil 1,130 km; petroleum
                                        products 630 km; natural gas 1,240
                                        km
                     Ports and harbors: Baku (Baki)
                       Merchant marine: total: 54 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
                                        totaling 246,051 GRT/306,756 DWT
                                        ships by type: cargo 12, petroleum
                                        tanker 40, roll on/roll off 2 (2002
                                        est.)
                              Airports: 52 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 9
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 (2001)
       Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 43
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 8
                                        under 914 m: 28 (2001)
  
   Military Azerbaijan
   -------------------
                       Military branches: Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense
                                          Forces
        Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age (2002 est.)
        Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 2,131,331 (2002
                                          est.)
     Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 1,706,325 (2002
                                 service: est.)
    Military manpower - reaching military males: 77,099 (2002 est.)
                            age annually:
           Military expenditures - dollar $121 million (FY99)
                                  figure:
       Military expenditures - percent of 2.6% (FY99)
                                     GDP:
  
   Transnational Issues Azerbaijan
   -------------------------------
              Disputes - international: Armenia supports ethnic Armenian
                                        secessionists in Nagorno-Karabakh
                                        and militarily occupies almost one-
                                        fifth of Azerbaijan - Organization
                                        for Security and Cooperation in
                                        Europe (OSCE) continues to mediate
                                        dispute; Azerbaijan signed bilateral
                                        agreements with Russia delimiting
                                        the Caspian seabed, but littoral
                                        states are far from multilateral
                                        agreement on dividing the waters and
                                        seabed regimes - Iran insists on
                                        division of Caspian Sea into five
                                        equal sectors while Azerbaijan,
                                        Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan
                                        have generally agreed upon
                                        equidistant seabed boundaries; Iran
                                        threatens to conduct oil exploration
                                        in Azerbaijani-claimed waters, while
                                        interdicting Azerbaijani activities;
                                        Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan await
                                        ICJ decision to resolve sovereignty
                                        dispute over oilfields in the
                                        Caspian Sea
                         Illicit drugs: limited illicit cultivation of
                                        cannabis and opium poppy, mostly for
                                        CIS consumption; limited government
                                        eradication program; transshipment
                                        point for opiates via Iran, Central
                                        Asia, and Russia to Western Europe
  
                                       



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