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  Azerbaijan
State symbols of the Azerbaijan Republic shall be: the Azerbaijan Republic Flag, the Azerbaijan Republic Emblem, the Azerbaijan Republic National Anthem.
The ratio of the width to the length shall be 1 by 2.
The law prescribed the use of the state flag and the procedure in case of violation or of insult to the legislation of Azerbaijan.
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 Azerbaijan Flag,Azerbaijan Map, Azerbaijan Culture : SphereInfo.com
Azerbaijan is located on the western shore of the Caspian Sea at the southeast extremity of the Caucasus.
Azerbaijan provided Russia, and later the Soviet Union, with crude oil, chemicals, textiles, food and wine.
Although religious practice in Azerbaijan is less restrictive of women's activities than in most of the other Muslim countries, vestiges of the traditional female role remain.
www.sphereinfo.com /azerbaijan   (746 words)

  
 About Azerbaijan :: Business & Travel. Azerbaijan information. Azerbaijan history. Azerbaijan pictures. Map of ...
You wish to get in touch with the history of the last centuries, architectural monuments, to attend comfortable resorts with sandy beaches, to stroll along flowering meadows, to plunge in sky-blue sea, to climb up a mountaintop covered with woods.
If you have decided to head for Azerbaijan, we will try to highlight some issues that you can meet before travel.
National currency of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijan manat (AZM).
azerbaijan.orexca.com   (390 words)

  
  Flags of the World
Flags of the World (FOTW) is the Internet's largest site devoted to vexillology (the study of flags).
FOTW (Flags of the World) is a site originally established by Giuseppe Bottasini, and devoted to vexillology.
Flags of the World is produced and maintained by an Editorial Staff of unpaid volunteers and the contents of these pages are offered freely to the Internet community.
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  Azerbaijan Flag Decals & Bumperstickers
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 About Azerbaijan - Travel, Maps, Flag and Information
Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan) is a country in the Caucasus, at the crossroads of Europe and Southwest Asia, with a coast on the Caspian Sea.
The Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (an exclave of Azerbaijan) borders Armenia to the north and east, Iran to the south and west, and Turkey to the northwest.
The official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, a member of the Oguz subdivision of the Turkic language family, and is spoken by around 95% of the republic’s population, as well as about a third of the population of Iran.
www.canadiancontent.net /profiles/Azerbaijan.html   (364 words)

  
 Flag and Symbols of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan - a nation with a Turkic and majority-Muslim population - was briefly independent from 1918 to 1920; it regained its independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Yet the flag was restored by the order of the Supreme Medjlis of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic and was declared the national flag of the Autonomous Republic on November 17,1990.
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.world-flags-symbols.com /azerbaijan   (507 words)

  
 Flag of Azerbaijan SSR
This flag was adopted by the Azerbaijan SSR on October 7, 1952.
Prior to this, the flag was red with the gold hammer and sickle in the top left hand corner.
Between 1921 and 1937, the flag was the same, but without the hammer and sickle, and with the Cyrillic characters ССРА (SSRA) in their place.
www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/f/fl/flag_of_azerbaijan_ssr.html   (125 words)

  
 Azerbaijan Flag
Azerbaijan Flag History: Three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), red, and green; a crescent and eight-pointed star in white are centered in red band.
The flag of the ADR featured a much larger crescent which was placed on the left of the flag rather than in the center.
This flag was used until Azerbaijan was incorporated into the USSR as the Azerbaijan SSR and a new Soviet flag was adopted.
www.njflags.com /azerbaijanflag.html   (264 words)

  
 About Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan with its favorable nature and a mild climate was among the birthplaces of mankind.
The Mongols invaded Azerbaijan in the 13th century and at the end of the 14th century Azerbaijan was conquered by the Central Asian ruler Tamerlan.
On August 30, 1991, Azerbaijan’s Parliament adopted the Declaration on the Restoration of the State Independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and on October 18, 1991, the Constitutional Act on the State Independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan was approved.
www.beloit.edu /~sap/azerbaijan/history.htm   (1606 words)

  
 Flags of the World
This flag contains a crescent and a green stripe in honor of the Islamic faith.
It is identical to the "government" flag except the seal is omitted.
Flags for Outdoor use are made of 100% heavyweight nylon and finished with strong canvas headings and brass grommets.
www.eagleflag.com /International/Azerbaijan.htm   (102 words)

  
 Nakhichevan (Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan)
As specified in the Constitution, the only officiel flag of Nakhichevan is the national flag of Azerbaijan.
The state symbols of the Autonomous Republic of Nakhichevan are the flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the coat of arms of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the national anthem of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
However, during pro-Azeri independence rallies in 1990, a flag was reported in which the green stripe and white star and crescent of the Azeri flag was replaced by yellow and the ratio of the stripes was altered.
www.fotw.net /flags/az-nakhi.html   (243 words)

  
 Republic of Azerbaijan, 1918-1920   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The flag was horizontally divided blue-red-green with a white crescent and eight-pointed star, and the crescent overlapped the upper and lower stripes of the flag.
Znamierowski [zna00] shows as the first national flag of Azerbaijan a 2:3 flag, with the crescent and star shifted to the hoist instead of centered.
He says that the main elements of the current flag were inspired by the 1917-20 one, implicitely stating that there are some differences between both flags.
www.fotw.net /FLagS/az_1918.html   (263 words)

  
 Embassy of Azerbaijan
The three-color national flag of Azerbaijan was accepted by the government of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan on November 9, 1918.
The Supreme Council of the Azerbaijan Republic considered the petition of the Supreme Medjlis of Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic and approved the three-color flag the national flag of the Azerbaijan Republic on February 5, 1991.
By the Constitutional Law of the Supreme Council of the Azerbaijan Republic, approved on January 19, 1993, one of the projects, developed in 1919-1920 with certain alterations was confirmed the national emblem of the Azerbaijan Republic.
www.azembassy.com /new/pages.php?name=about_azerbaijan_index&   (516 words)

  
 flag Azerbaijan, flags Azerbaijan, anthem Azerbaijan, hymn Azerbaijan   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The flag of Azerbaijan was created in the beginning of the 20th century by the poet Ali Bey Hussein Zade, adoped by the Musavat party, and undertook as state flag for the independent Azerbaijan on 25th of August in 1918.
It was not dissimilar to the flag of Soviet Russia between 1918 and 1924.
The flag from the 25th of August 1918 was reintroduced on 5th of February in 1991.
www.flags-and-anthems.com /azerbaijan.htm   (470 words)

  
 Azerbaijan Flag
In fact the flag is based of the motto of the country "Turkify, Islamize, and Europeanize".
Red may also stand for the fact that Azerbaijan is also called "Land of Flames" owing to the abundant oil and natural gas which on occasion seeped directly to the surface.
The Crescent and star are intentionally similar to the flag of Turkey as the two countries have long been allies.
www.ultimateflags.com /int/azerbaijan.htm   (134 words)

  
 Azerbaijan  -  Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wiusconsin
Azerbaijan is the easternmost country of Transcaucasia (the southern portion of the region of Caucasia), which occupies the southern part of the isthmus between the Black and Caspian seas.
The republic includes the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, a predominantly Armenian-inhabited enclave in western Azerbaijan, and the autonomous exclave of Naxçývan (Nakhichevan’), which is separated from the rest of Azerbaijan by a mountainous strip of Armenian territory.
Islam was introduced in the area of present-day Azerbaijan during the 7th century AD, and Shiite Islam was established as the official religion of the Azerbaijanis in the 16th century (see Shiites).
www.galenfrysinger.com /azerbaijan.htm   (517 words)

  
 azerbaijan
Azerbaijan occupies the southern part of the Greater Caucasian range descending to the Caspian Sea at the stretch of 800 km.
To the north Azerbaijan borders on Russian Federation (extending for 17.9 km), to the west with the Republic of Armenia (785 km).
Azerbaijan is located on the western coast of the Caspian Sea, occupies on of the Asian continent' strategic crossroads between East and West.
web.ukonline.co.uk /ilkin/azerbaijan.html   (1141 words)

  
 -= Azerbaijan =-
The map of the Azerbaijan is shaped somewhat like an eagle in flight with capital (Baku city) for its head.
In September'88 Azerbaijan Republic had declared its national sovereignty, in October'91 the formal independence was declared.
Azerbaijan has a two-tier banking system which consists of the Azerbaijan National bank and nearly 200 commercial banks.
www.novruz.com /azerbaijan.shtml   (941 words)

  
 Flag of Azerbaijan
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 Azerbaijan Flag   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Azerbaijan - a nation with a Turkic and majority-Muslim population - regained its independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Azerbaijan has lost 16% of its territory and must support some 800,000 refugees and internally displaced persons as a result of the conflict.
Azerbaijan shares all the formidable problems of the former Soviet republics in making the transition from a command to a market economy, but its considerable energy resources brighten its long-term prospects.
www.flagco.com /azerbaijan.shtml   (1303 words)

  
 flagsonline.net Flag of Azerbaijan
A similar flag to the current flag of Azerbaijan was used in Azerbaijan from 1917 until 1920.
In 1920, Azerbaijan was occupied by the army of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and became a Soviet state under the Soviet flag.
Azerbaijan adopted its current national flag on the 5th of February 1991 and declared independence from the Soviet Union on the 30th of August 1991.
www.flagsonline.net /Azerbaijan.htm   (166 words)

  
 Flag of Azerbaijan   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Flag of Azerbaijan consists of three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), red, and green; a crescent and eight-pointed star in white are centered in red band.
The blue band is the color of Turks, the green is for Islam and red is for progress.
This flag was actually used in the late 1910s until Azerbaijan was annexed by the USSR.
www.wapipedia.com /wikipedia/mobiletopic.aspx?cur_title=Flag_of_Azerbaijan   (121 words)

  
 Azerbaijan: Political parties   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Front used the same flag as the first Azerbaijan flag from 1918, slightly modified.
The flag of the Federalist Party was horizontally divided white, red and green.
Demonstrantors carried the national flag of Azerbaijan and many light blue (azure) flags with a silver (not white) crescent and eight-pointed star in the middle.
www.flags-by-swi.com /fotw/flags\az}.html   (275 words)

  
 The Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan to the United Nations
On November 17, 1990 three colored flag was for the second restored in its rights by the resolution of Supreme Majlis of Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic and accepted as national flag of Autonomous Republic.
Proportions of width of the flag to the length is 1:2.
On the escutcheon in background of colors of National flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan there is image of eight-angled star and in the center of star there are tongues of flame.
www.un.int /azerbaijan/azerbaijan.php   (900 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.
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 Economy of Azerbaijan, Culture of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan Flag, Azerbaijan History, Flag of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan is more populated than the other Transcaucasian states.
Azerbaijan has heavy influence of Persian and Turkish culture and has contributed several notable literary and scientific works during the medieval period.
The flag of Azerbaijan constitutes three equal horizontal bands - blue at the top, red in the middle and green at the bottom.
www.mapsofworld.com /country-profile/azerbaijan1.html   (275 words)

  
 National and State Flag of Azerbaijan
This illustration of the Azerbaijan Flag is available for immediate download as a single flag or as part of a complete set of international flags.
Two sizes for each country flag are available: one in the official proportions as specified by the particular country and one in a standardized 3:5 ratio.
Our flag illustrations are used by major book publishers, magazines, government agencies, international organizations, professional sports associations, international companies and professional designers around the world.
www.flagart.com /flags/azerbaijan-ns.htm   (449 words)

  
 "Azerbaijan" - Shopping.com
Azerbaijan sweatshirts are available in 8 adult and youth sizes.
Azerbaijan flag stickers are printed 50 to the sheet.
Azerbaijan Mouse Pads These popular commercial grade mouse pads are printed with the flag and it's bright colors.
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 Azerbaijan Travel | Guide to travelling Azerbaijan | Travellerspoint   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Placed attractively along the western coast of the Caspian Sea between Russia and Iran, you'd naturally expect Azerbaijan to be a place of some internal unrest with neighbours like that.
For this reason, it's best to avoid the western reaches of Azerbaijan, where the tension is greatest.
At Baku, the capital, the hustle and bustle of a country eagerly awaiting a economic boom (Azerbaijan's got plenty of oil riches within its borders) is underscored by a decidedly historical look.
www.travellerspoint.com /destination.cfm?country=Azerbaijan   (210 words)

  
 Azerbaijan Map, Flag. Capital
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