(WIPO code: AZ) (latest review November 2023)

by BIPA International LLC, Baku - Mr. Vagif Efendy and KATZAROV SA, Geneva, Switzerland

General Information

Area

86,600 sq. km.

Population

10,420,515 (2023).

Capital

Baku, with about 2.432 million inhabitants (2023).

Official language

Azeri.

Currency

Manat.

General Remarks

Azerbaijan used to be a part of the former Soviet Union. The republic declared its independence on August 30, 1991.

Dominant resources: oil, gas, cotton.