Azerbaijan, cikakken sunan Jamhuriyar Azerbaijan, yana a gabashin Transcaucasus a mahadar Asiya da Turai, yana da fadin murabba'in kilomita 86,600. Tana iyaka da Tekun Caspian ta gabas, Iran da Turkiyya a kudu, Rasha daga arewa, da Georgia da Armenia zuwa yamma. Jamhuriyar Nakhichevan mai cin gashin kanta da yankin Nagorno-Karabakh masu ikon cin gashin kansu, wadanda ke yankin Basin na Tsakiya, tsakanin Armenia da Iran, suna cikin yankunan Armenia. Fiye da kashi 50% na duk yankin Azerbaijan mai tsaunuka ne, tare da Manyan Manyan Caucasus a arewa, erananan Lessananan Caucasus Mountains a kudu, da Basin Kulinka a tsakani. Yankin kudu maso yamma shine Basin Araksin ta Tsakiya, kuma arewa tana kewaye da tsaunukan Dalalapuyaz da tsaunukan Zangezulski. Akwai tsaunukan Tares a kudu maso gabas. Babban kogunan sune Kura da Aras. Yanayin ya bambanta.

A cikin karni na 3 zuwa 10 Miladiyya, Iran da Khalifan Larabawa ne ke sarautar ta. Kasashe masu mulkin mallaka kamar Shirfan an gina su a cikin karni na 9-16. Asalin Azerbaijani an kafa shi ne a cikin karni na 11-13. A cikin karni na 11-14, Turawan-Seljuks, Mongol Tatar, da Timurids sun mamaye ta. Daga karni na 16 zuwa 18, daular Safawiyawa ta Iran ce ke mulkar ta. A cikin 1813 da 1928, an sanya arewacin Azerbaijan cikin Rasha (Lardin Baku, Lardin Elizabeth Bol). Ya sanar da kafa Jamhuriyar Socialist Republic ta Azerbaijan a ranar 28 ga Afrilu, 1920, ya shiga Jamhuriyar Soviet ta Soviet Socialist Republic a ranar 12 ga Maris, 1922, ya shiga Tarayyar Soviet a matsayin memba na Tarayyar a ranar 30 ga Disamba na wannan shekarar, kuma ya zama memba na Soviet Union a ranar 5 ga Disamba, 1936 Jamhuriyar memba kai tsaye a ƙarƙashin Tarayyar Soviet. A ranar 6 ga Fabrairu, 1991, an sake ba wa kasar suna Jamhuriyar Azerbaijan. A ranar 30 ga watan Agusta na wannan shekarar, Soviet Soviet ta Azerbaijan ta zartar da Sanarwar ‘Yancin kai, a hukumance tana shelar‘ yanci da kuma kafa Jamhuriyar Azerbaijan.

Tutar ƙasa: isawataccen murabba'i mai murabba'i ne wanda ya yi daidai da tsawo zuwa nisa na 2: 1. Ya ƙunshi abubuwa uku masu kwance a jere waɗanda ke haɗuwa da shuɗi mai haske, ja da kore daga sama zuwa ƙasa. Akwai jinjirin wata da tauraro mai yatsu takwas a tsakiyar bangaren jan, kuma wata da taurari dukkansu farare ne. Azerbaijan ta zama jamhuriya ta tsohuwar Tarayyar Soviet a shekarar 1936. Daga baya, sai aka amince da tutar kasar tare da jan tuta mai dauke da tauraro mai yatsa biyar, da lauje da guduma, kuma kasan sashin tutar yana da iyaka mai fadin shudi. A watan Agusta 1990, aka ayyana 'yanci. A ranar 5 ga Fabrairu, 1991, tutar ƙasar da aka kafa kafin 1936 ta sake dawowa, wato, tutar mai launuka uku da aka ambata a sama.

Yawan Azerbaijan ya kai miliyan 8.436 (1 ga Janairu, 2006). Akwai jimillar kabilu 43, daga cikinsu 90.6% daga Azerbaijani ne, 2.2% na Rezgen ne, 1.8% na Rasha ne, 1.5% na Armeniya ne, kuma 1.0% na Talysh ne. Harshen hukuma shine Azerbaijani, wanda ke cikin dangin harshen Turkiyanci. Yawancin mazauna suna jin yaren Rasha. Akasari anyi imani da musulinci.

Masana'antu masu nauyi ne suka mamaye Azerbaijan, yayin da masana'antar haske ke ci gaba. Mafi yawan albarkatun kasa sune mai da iskar gas. Masana'antar sarrafa mai ita ce babbar masana'antar ƙasar. Na biyu kawai ga Rasha kuma wuri na biyu a cikin jamhuriyoyin tsohuwar Tarayyar Soviet. Sauran masana'antun sun haɗa da kimiyyar sarrafa mai, masana'antar inji, ƙarancin ƙarfe, masana'antar haske da masana'antar sarrafa abinci. Masana'antun kera injuna galibi suna samar da kayan hakar mai da gas. Noma yana mamaye albarkatun kuɗi, kuma auduga tana da mahimmanci; taba, kayan lambu, hatsi, shayi, da inabi suma suna da asusu na musamman. Harkar kiwon dabbobi ta mamaye duka nama da ulu da nama da madara. Sufuri yafi dogara ne da layin dogo. Babban tashar jirgin ruwa ita ce Baku.

Baku: Baku babban birnin Azerbaijan ne kuma cibiyar tattalin arziki da al'adu ta ƙasa. Tashar mafi girma a cikin Tekun Caspian. Tana kudu maso tsibirin Apsheronmi, ita ce cibiyar masana'antar mai kuma ana kiranta da "garin mai". Hakanan birni ne mafi girma a cikin tsohuwar Soviet Union Transcaucasus. Baku ya kunshi gundumomi 10 na gudanarwa da kuma garuruwa 46, suna da fadin kasa kilomita murabba'i 2,200. Yawan mutanen ya kai miliyan 1.8288. Matsakaicin yanayin zafi a watan Janairu ya kasance 4 and, kuma matsakaicin zazzabi a watan Yuli shine 27.3 ℃.

Baku birni ne mai dadadden tarihi wanda yake da dadadden tarihi. Akwai wurare da yawa da ake sha'awa a cikin garin, kamar Hasumiyar Masallacin Senak-Karl da aka gina a karni na 11, da Hasumiyar Kiz-Karas a ƙarni na 12, da kuma karni na 13 na Baku Ilov Stone Fort, Fadar Shirvan daga karni na 15 da Fadar Sarki Khan daga ƙarni na 17 an kiyaye su sosai. A shekarar 2000, UNESCO ta sanya Garin Baku da ke Walled da kuma fadar Sarki Shirvan da kuma Hasumiyar Sarauniya a matsayin kayayyakin tarihi kuma ta sanya su cikin "Jerin kayan tarihin duniya."