Azerbaijan

About Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan is a country in Western Asia, one of the 47 countries of Asia on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Republic of Azerbaijan. In Arabic, the name is written أذربيجان, and the capital باكو. Its geographic centre lies in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.

The capital of Azerbaijan is Baku. Baku lies at about 40° north and 50° east. Azerbaijan has 2 official languages: Azerbaijani and Russian. Its currency is the Azerbaijani Manat, with the symbol ⁨₼⁩ and the international code AZN.

Azerbaijan covers about 86,600 square kilometres, which puts it 112th by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It is landlocked, with no coastline, and has 5 neighbours: Russia, Iran, Türkiye, Georgia, and Armenia. The largest of these neighbours by area is Russia. Other countries in Western Asia include Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Iraq. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Asia quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes Azerbaijan with the other countries of the same region.