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	Azerbaijan - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		Azerbaijan, including the autonomous exclave of Naxçivan, is populated mostly by ethnic Azerbaijanis, who are also known as Azeris.
		Islam was introduced in the area of present-day Azerbaijan during the 7th century ad, and Shia Islam was established as the official religion of the Azerbaijanis in the 16th century.
		Azerbaijan’s cultural institutions, located primarily in Baku, include the State Museum of Shirvan-Shakh, which houses weapons and decorations from palaces of the khans (rulers), and the State Museum of Azerbaijan Literature.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761561983___8/Azerbaijan.html (915 words)

	Azerbaijan
		Orumiyeh is the capital of West Azerbaijan and has 435,000 inhabitants (10th largest Iranian city) (all of the 1996 census).
		Azerbaijan is a mountainous land, and part of the Zagros Mountains, but with fertile lowlands.
		Azerbaijan has one of the best climates of Iran for agriculture, as there are good supplies of water and little need for irrigation.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/azerbaijan.htm (549 words)

	Azerbaijan - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The chief cities include Tabriz (the capital of East Azerbaijan), Urmia (the capital of West Azerbaijan), Ardebil (the capital of Ardabil), Maragheh, and Khoy (Khvoy).
		The region is bounded in the N by Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan (from which it is separated by the Aras River) and in the W by Turkey and Iraq.
		Azerbaijan remained entirely in the possession of the shahs until the northern part was ceded to Russia in the treaties of Gulistan (1813) and Turkmanchai (1828).
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-azerbjirn.html (624 words)

	East Azarbaijan Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		East Azarbaijan or East Azerbaijan (Persian: آذربایجان شرقی, Āzārbāijān-e Sharqi; Azeri: Şərqi Azərbaycan) is one of the 30 provinces of Iran.
		It is in the northwest of the country, bordering Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan, and the provinces of Ardabil, West Azarbaijan, and Zanjan.
		East Azarbaijan province is also one of the richest regions of Iran in natural minerals, with 180 mines in 1997, of which 121 units are currently in operation, and the rest are being planned.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/East_Azerbaijan (1166 words)

	Azerbaijan Overview \| Azerbaijan Tour Guide \| iExplore.com
		Azerbaijan’s provision of airspace and intelligence to US forces after the September 2001 attacks greatly improved its standing in Washington and international affairs.
		Azerbaijan’s geographical status has made it a gateway between east and west, and the country was an important stop on the Silk Route.
		Azerbaijan is bordered by the Russian Federation, Georgia and Iran, and is divided by the Republic of Armenia into a smaller western part in the Lesser Caucasus and a larger eastern part, stretching from the Greater Caucasus to the Mugan, Mili and Shirvan Steppes and bordered by the Caspian Sea in the east.
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Azerbaijan/Overview (447 words)

	Azerbaijan History \| iExplore.com
		Thereafter, Azerbaijan was influenced by both the Ottoman Turks, lying on the border of their empire, and the Iranians, from whom they acquired an adherence to the Shia branch of Islam.
		From the beginning of the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Azeris have been on the back foot; popular discontent over the post-Communist government’s handling of the conflict led to the ousting of the Communist Party.
		Most of the reserves are located in the Caspian Sea basin and the Azeri government has signed a number of major deals with a variety of consortia for the exploration and development of various offshore fields; the state oil corporation retains a partial share in all of these.
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Azerbaijan/History (1337 words)

	Azerbaijan
		Azerbaijan or Azarbeijan (Azerbaijani: Azerbaycan, Azerbeycan) is historically and geographically Eurasian and stretches from the Caucasus region, which is adjacent to the Caspian Sea, to northwestern Iran.
		Azerbaijan is the ancestral home of the Azerbaijanis (Azeri Turks or Azeris, amongst other names) who number more than 8 million in the independent Republic of Azerbaijan, and about 20 million in the northwestern region of Iran referred to as Iranian Azerbaijan, or South Azerbaijan.
		In ancient Azerbaijan the majority population before the 3rd century CE in the north consisted of tribes that spoke various Caucasian languages, while in the south Indo-European languages such as those of the Medes and various Eurasian nomads such as the Scythians were predominant.
	www.vugar.4mg.com /about.html (8183 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Azerbaijan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Armenia is bounded by Turkey on the west, Azerbaijan on the east (the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan is on its southwestern border), Iran on the
		It comprises the Republics of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.
		1,088,985), capital of East Azerbaijan prov., NW Iran, on the Aji Chai (Talkheh) River, in the foothills of Mt. Sahand, at an elevation of c.4,600 ft (1,400 m).
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Azerbaijan (655 words)

	GeographyIQ - World Atlas - Middle East - Azerbaijan - Historical Highlights
		Azerbaijan combines the heritage of two venerable civilizations--the Seljuk Turks of the 11th century and the ancient Persians.
		Finally the Russians split Azerbaijan's territory with Persia in 1828 by the Treaty of Turkmenchay, establishing the present frontiers and extinguishing the last native dynasties of local Azerbaijani khans.
		Azerbaijan received de facto recognition by the Allies as an independent nation in January 1920, an independence terminated by the arrival of the Red Army in April.
	www.geographyiq.com /countries/aj/Azerbaijan_history_summary.htm (399 words)

	Kurdish Human Rights Project
		Azerbaijan's treament of its Kurdish population is largely affected by its conflict over the disputed enclave of Nagorno Karbagh.
		The republic is bounded by Russia on the north, Georgia on the northwest, Armenia on the southwest, Iran on the south, and the Caspian Sea on the east.
		East and West Azerbaijan has an area of 38,850 sq km (15,000 sq mi) and a population of 1,971,677 (1986); its capital is Orumiyeh.
	www.khrp.org /country/azer.htm (389 words)

	Peace Corps \| Learn About Peace Corps \| Where Does Peace Corps Work? \| East Europe \| Azerbaijan
		Oil and gas reserves make Azerbaijan one of the fastest growing economies in the world.
		Through all this, the people's resilience and entrepreneurial spirit are evident everywhere, as is their hospitality and good will.
		Azerbaijan is a land riding the crest of a promising wave, yet only time will tell if it will ride it successfully.
	www.peacecorps.gov /index.cfm?shell=learn.wherepc.easteurope.azerbaijan (136 words)

	Israel and Azerbaijan's Furtive Embrace - Middle East Quarterly
		According to Azerbaijan's first president, Abulfas Elçibey, "Israel could help Azerbaijan in [the] Karabakh problem by convincing the Americans to stop the Armenians."[7] Azerbaijani diplomats recognized the need to diversify their contacts in Washington, especially after the U.S. Congress imposed sanctions on Azerbaijan at the behest of the Armenian lobby following the war in Nagorno-Karabakh.
		Azerbaijan is in the cross hairs of both Sunni and Shi‘ite Islamists.
		Azerbaijan's recent decision to curtail expansion of cooperation with Israel is part of a trend.
	www.meforum.org /article/987 (5047 words)

	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Azerbaijan seeking to transfer oil to Persian Gulf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Speaking in a meeting with governor-general of the Iranian province of East Azerbaijan, Abbas Ali Hasanev also stated that his country is also keen on launching direct flights between the Azeri capital city of Baku and Iran's north-western city of Tabriz as well as importing wheat from East Azerbaijan.
		For his part, governor-general of East Azerbaijan province of Iran voiced his displeasure with the level of two countries' ties, and called for the removal of the barriers residing in the way of the development of Iran-Azerbaijan relations.
		Mohammad Kazem Me'mar-zadeh also welcomed construction of an oil pipeline from the Republic of Azerbaijan to free ports via the refinery of the provincial capital city of Tabriz, and said the measure could pave a strong and active ground for the export of Azerbaijan's oil to East Asia.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/news/ntc64393.htm (379 words)

	THE IRANIAN: Azeri ethnic roots, Aylinah Jurabchi
		The language spoken in the region of northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan signifies that the people are of the same ethnic origin and that they are in fact one people, divided between political boundaries and influenced throughout the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries by different countries and political ideologies.
		Prior to their migration, the area of Azerbaijan was first inhabited by the Medes who had settled there as early as 2500 B.C. and Caucasian Albanians who settled north of the Aras river in the present day Republic of Azerbaijan and was invaded by the Greeks and Arabs in the later centuries.
		The region of Azerbaijan was in ancient times described as Atropatene (the land of Atropat) and is said to be pronounced as Azerbaijan first by the Arabs in the 8th century and hence as been the name of the region.
	www.iranian.com /Opinion/2002/August/Azeri/index.html (1507 words)

	History of Azerbaijan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Azerbaijan or Azarbeijan (Azerbaijani: Azerbaycan, Azerbeycan) is historically and geographically Eurasian and stretches from the Caucasus region, which is adjacent to the Caspian Sea, to the Zagros in Iran.
		Azerbaijan is the home of the Azerbaijanis (Azeri Turks, Azaris or Azeris, amongst other names) who number more than 8 million in the independent Republic of Azerbaijan, and at least 20 million in the northwestern region of Iran referred to as Iranian Azerbaijan.
		In Russian Azerbaijan, two provinces were established that later constituted the bulk of modern Republic - Elisavetpol (Ganja) province in the west, and Shamakha province in the east.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Azerbaijan (8251 words)

	Photo Gallery Azerbaijan Resident Mission (AZRM) - ADB.org
		Azerbaijan’s energy resources brighten its long-term development prospects as long as revenues are properly managed.
		Yardimli is one of the mountainous regions of Azerbaijan, with an abundance of natural habitats and breathtaking beauty.
		Lahij is one of the Azerbaijan’s distinctive regional towns, lingering the spirit of Middle Ages and providing a link to past.
	www.adb.org /AZRM/gallery/images.asp (298 words)

	Azerbaijan Summary
		Azerbaijan Azerbaijan borders the Caspian Sea on the east, Russia on the north, Georgia and Armenia on the west, and Iran on the south.
		Azerbaijan is a mountainous region in West Asia, bounded by the eastern Caucasus, northwestern Zagros range, Talish...
		Azerbaijan POPULATION 7,798,497 MUSLIM 86 percent OTHER 14 percent Country Overview Introduction The Republic of Azerbaijan, bordered on the east by the Caspian Sea, was until 1991 a part of the former Soviet Union.
	www.bookrags.com /Azerbaijan (223 words)

	Azerbaijan: Save the Children
		Save the Children is working to assist families and communities to care for the needs of the children, promoting economic opportunities, encouraging healthy, modern family planning and reproductive health methods and improving basic social and physical infrastructure.
		During the implementation period that began in August 2003 and is scheduled to end in September 2005, the program is directly benefiting 74 communities in 17 districts of Azerbaijan.
		The goal of this program, which began on the 1st of October 2004, is to promote social integration and community capacity to care for vulnerable children in Azerbaijan.
	www.savethechildren.org /countries/middle-east-eurasia/azerbaijan.html (549 words)

	Asia Times Online :: Middle East - Foreign plots and cockroaches in Iran
		The unrest in the Iranian provinces of East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan, in which several people died - some claim hundreds - was set off by a newspaper caricature that depicted a cockroach speaking the Azeri Turkish dialect.
		Azerbaijan has resisted opening an embassy in Israel because of opposition by its southern neighbor Iran.
		"Azerbaijan and Iran see their relations as a strategic power struggle in the region because Azerbaijan's orientation is towards America and threatens Tehran," said Kayhan Barzegar, a professor of Iranian foreign policy at the Islamic Azad University.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Middle_East/HF08Ak02.html (1069 words)

	AIOC marks first production from East Azeri - Azerbaijan
		It is widely accepted that Azerbaijan's oil future hinges on the development of its offshore, an area that has been somewhat hampered by politically and geographically rooted oil-export difficulties.
		East Azeri, part of the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG) complex operated by AIOC, is flowing from the first of eight wells that were completed in November 2005.
		Phases 1 and 2 are effectively managed as a single project, with phase 2 corresponding to the development of both West Azeri and East Azeri representing ultimate recoverable reserves of 1.6 billion barrels of oil.
	energy.ihs.com /News/WW-News/AIOCAzeri.htm (360 words)

	GeographyIQ - World Atlas - Middle East - Azerbaijan - Economy
		Azerbaijan is an economy in transition in which the state continues to play a dominant role.
		Now that Western oil companies are able to tap deepwater oilfields untouched by the Soviets because of poor technology, Azerbaijan is considered one of the most important spots in the world for oil exploration and development.
		Proven oil reserves in the Caspian Basin, which Azerbaijan shares with Russia, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan, are comparable in size to the North Sea, although exploration is still in the early stages.
	www.geographyiq.com /countries/aj/Azerbaijan_economy_summary.htm (518 words)

	The Azeri Question in Iran:
		Despite the close relations between North and South Azerbaijan until the 1930s, these two parts of Azerbaijan have historically developed in seperate ways: the division occurred at a time when national self-consciousness amongst Azeri’s was not strong enough.
		Despite less territory and a smaller population, North Azerbaijan (Republic of Azerbaijan) is the political, ideological and cultural center of the Azeri nation.
		The active propaganda on the “absence” of ethnic unity in both North and South Azerbaijan, the increased ideological struggle against Turkism and the Turkic world by official propaganda, the ignorance of existence of independent Azerbaijan by the people are all characteristic features of the official policy of Tehran.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/usazerb/334.htm (1691 words)

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		The Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Russian Federation
		Decree of the President of Azerbaijan Republic on the Genocide of Azerbaijanis
		The Karabakh Region of Azerbaijan and Armenian Aggression
	www.geocities.com /Vienna/7124/Azerbaijan.html (316 words)

	BBC News \| MIDDLE EAST \| Azerbaijan, Iran sign extradition agreement
		Azerbaijan and Iran have signed a bilateral agreement on the extradition of criminals from each others countries.
		The agreement, which was signed in Baku by the Azeri Foreign Minister, Vilayat Guiliyev, and the Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan, Alirza Bigdeli, will come into effect in one month's time.
		The Iranian news agency IRNA said there were around 120 Iranians in Azerbaijan who had been convicted of criminal acts, most related to drug trafficking.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/middle_east/537055.stm (154 words)

	"The Event of Our Era": Former Soviet Muslim Republics Change the Middle East - article by Daniel Pipes
		This combination-not protecting Azerbaijan from Armenian predations or swaying Azerbaijan's domestic politics-drastically reduced Ankara's reputation as a force to be reckoned with in the Southern Tier.
		Azerbaijan is a nation divided in two, with the independent Republic of Azerbaijan (capital, Baku) in the north and the traditional Iranian province of Azerbaijan (capital, Tabriz) in the south.
		Elçibey referred to his country as "northern Azerbaijan" and regularly called for the cultural autonomy of Azeris living in Iran, the uniting of the Azerbaijani region of Iran with his country, and even the overthrow of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
	www.danielpipes.org /article/242 (12198 words)

	Middle East Institute: Azerbaijan
		The modern-day Republic of Azerbaijan, on the western coast of the Caspian Sea, is bordered on the north by Russia, on the south by Iran, on the west by Armenia, and on the northwest by Georgia.
		A country at the center of the historic Silk Road, Azerbaijan is located at a strategic crossroads between East and West.
		Azerbaijan, for decades an oil producer, has emerged as a key transit state for Caspian basin oil and gas destined for Western markets.
	www.mideasti.org /countries/countries.php?name=azerbaijan (367 words)

	Worldworx Travel - Safety - Middle East - Azerbaijan
		As a result of conflict in the Nagorno-Karabakh area of Azerbaijan, insurgent forces occupy approximately 15 percent of Azerbaijani territory (in the southwest along the borders with Iran and Armenia).
		American citizens of Armenian ancestry considering travel to Azerbaijan should remain particularly vigilant when visiting the country, as the Government of Azerbaijan has claimed that it is unable to guarantee their safety.
		Although the Republic of Azerbaijan has a low rate of violent crime, incidents of street crime and assaults on foreigners are common.
	www.worldworx.tv /safety/middle-east/azerbaijan (1051 words)

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