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Azerbaijan

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Politics of Azerbaijan

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• President
• İlham Aliyev
  
• Prime Minister
• Artur Rasizade
  
• National Assembly

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Motto
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Anthem
Azərbaycan Respublikasının Dövlət Himni
(March of Azerbaijan)
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Motto
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Anthem
Azərbaycan Respublikasının Dövlət Himni
(March of Azerbaijan)
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• Agdam (rayon)
• Agdam, Tovuz http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AJ/58/Agdam.html
• Agdam, Agdam the capital of Agdam (rayon) http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AJ/3/Agdam.html
• Agdam, Xocavand http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AJ/65/Agdam.

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Agdash (Ağdaş) is a rayon in central Azerbaijan.


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Agjabadi (Azerbaijani: Ağcabədi) is a rayon in central Azerbaijan with an administrative center in the town of Agjabadi, which was the birth place of the famous Azerbaijani composer Uzeyir Hajibeyov.
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Agstafa (Azerbaijani: Ağstafa) is a rayon in northwestern Azerbaijan. The Georgian David Gareja monastery complex (Keshish Dagh in Azerbaijani) is partially located in this region and is subject to a border dispute between Georgian and Azerbaijani authorities.
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Agsu (Ağsu) is a raion in central Azerbaijan.


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Astara is a rayon in southeastern Azerbaijan.

Etymology

There are two main theories for the etymology of the city's name. One is that it is derived from the Persian or Talysh word آهسته رو
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Babek may refer to:

• Babek (rayon)
• named after Babek / Babak Khorramdin

See also Babak, Bobak
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Balakan (Balakən) is a rayon of Azerbaijan.


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• Barda (rayon)
• Barda, Azerbaijan
• Barda, Perm (Perm Oblast) http://www.getty.edu/vow/TGNFullDisplay?find=barda&place=&nation=&prev_page=1&english=Y&subjectid=7010112
• Jean-Pierre Barda
• Olaf Barda
• Elyaniv Barda
• Barda or Baada people in Western Australia

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Beylagan (Beyləqan) is a rayon of Azerbaijan, with capital city being Beylagan. The 5th century Armenian historian Moses of Chorene states that this name is from the Persian name Payda-gharan (پایداقاران),
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Bilasuvar (Biləsuvar) is a rayon of Azerbaijan.

It has been said that the ancient name was Pileh-Swar that in Persian means "the elephant-riding person " , named after one of the Buyid dynasty amirs.
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Dashkasan (Daşkəsən) is a rayon of Azerbaijan.

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Davachi (Dəvəçi) is a rayon of Azerbaijan.

It's name appears to come from Azeri Dəvə(Camel)+ çi(handler):"Camel handler".


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Fizuli is a raion of Azerbaijan, partially under the military control of Armenian forces^[1] since the end of Nagorno-Karabakh War.

The town of Fizuli was founded in 1827 as a Russian settlement under the name Karyagino.
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Gadabay (Gədəbəy in Azerbaijani, Gadabek/Гадабек in Russian) is a rayon of Azerbaijan renound for its potatoes and its gold fields.
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Goranboy is a rayon of Azerbaijan. During the Soviet era the region was best known for the oil-cure sanatorium resort of Naftalan, though administratively Naftalan technically counts as an independent city.
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Goychay (Göyçay) is a rayon of Azerbaijan.


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Hajigabul (Hacıqabul) is a rayon of Azerbaijan.


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Imishli (İmişli) is a rayon of Azerbaijan.


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Ismailli (İsmayıllı) is a rayon of Azerbaijan.

Demographics

Azeris 84.7%, Lezgins 10.3%

Religion

Islam

Language

Azerbaijani

History

Ismailly district was created with the center in the Ismailly village on November 21, 1931.
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Jabrayil (Cəbrayıl) is a rayon of Azerbaijan. This region is now completely under the control of Armenian separatists from Nagorno-Karabakh, who have named it Jrakn.
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Jalilabad (Cəlilabad) is a rayon of Azerbaijan.


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Julfa (Culfa) is a rayon of Azerbaijan in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. The name, Julfa, is also used for several regions in neighboring Iran. Its capital is the city of Julfa.
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Kalbajar (Azerbaijani: Kəlbəcər) is a rayon of Azerbaijan. It was a predominantly Kurdish inhabited area. Kalbajar is a Kurdish name meaning Stone City.
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• Kangarli (rayon)
• Kangarli / Kengerli, Tartar, Tartar District http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AJ/57/Kengerli.html
• Kangarli Gangarli Agdam District http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AJ/3/Gangarli.

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Khachmaz (Xaçmaz) is a rayon of Azerbaijan.

Khachmaz is 170 kilometres north of the capital Baku. The Khachmaz rayon borders the Republic of Dagestan of the Russian Federation.

Khachmaz is a major city in Northeastern Azerbaijan's Khachmaz region.
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Khanlar (German: Helenendorf) is a rayon (district) in northwestern Azerbaijan.

Khanlar Rayon was established in 1930. In 1992 the territory that was to become Samukh Rayon was separated out from Khanlar.
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