Azerbaijan

26 Oct 2024 12:43:04 pm

Tags : Azerbaijan

Topic:Central Asia

Why in the news?

Polls closed in Azerbaijan’s snap parliamentary election, the first since it regained full control of a former breakaway territory of Karabakh last year. The vote for the Milli Mejlis parliament is not expected to bring significant changes to the body dominated by President Ilham Aliyev’s New Azerbaijan party.

Source: The Hindu

About Azerbaijan:

It is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and West Asia.
It is a part of the South Caucasus region of Eurasia, straddling Western Asia and Eastern Europe.
It is bordered by:
- Caspian Sea to the east
- Russia\'s republic of Dagestan to the north
- Georgia to the northwest
- Armenia and Turkey to the west
- Iran to the south
Its capital is Baku.
It has a landlocked exclave, the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.
Its highest peak is Mount Bazardüzü while its lowest point lies in the Caspian Sea.
Nearly half of all the mud volcanoes on Earth are concentrated in Azerbaijan.
Its largest lake is Sarysu 67 km2, and the longest river is Kur 1,515 km, which is transboundary with Armenia.