Many ancient architectural treasures such as the Maiden Tower and Palace of the Shirvanshahs in the Walled City of Baku survive in modern Azerbaijan.

[110] In October 1998, Aliyev was reelected for a second term. [160] In addition to that, $1.36 billion was planned to be used for the needs of the defense industry, which bring up the total military budget to 4.6 billion. 2). [98] In 2003, there were 250 Roman Catholics. (Constitution of Azerbaijan Republic, Articles 104-107), Crotti, Robert and Misrahi, Tiffany(2015).

ESISC in that report asserted that the "Caviar Diplomacy" report elaborated by ESI aimed to create a climate of suspicion based on slander to form a network of MPs that would engage in a political war against Azerbaijan and that the network, composed of European PMs, Armenian officials, and some NGOs (Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, "Human Rights House Foundation", "Open Dialog, European Stability Initiative, and Helsinki Committee for Human Rights) was financed by the Soros Foundation. [236][237][238][239] Azerbaijan also is home to members of the Bahá'í, Hare Krishna and Jehovah's Witnesses communities, as well as adherents of the other religious communities.
- Mots-clefs: démographie, pyramide de population, pyramide des âges, vieillissement, retraites, Azerbaïdjan, 2020. [106] In 1994, Surat Huseynov, by that time the prime minister, attempted another military coup against Heydar Aliyev, but he was arrested and charged with treason. The Caspian fishing industry concentrates on the dwindling stocks of sturgeon and beluga.

Qajar Iran was forced to cede its Caucasian territories to Russia in the 19th century, which thus included the territory of the modern-day Azerbaijan Republic, while as a result of that cession, the Azerbaijani ethnic group is nowadays parted between two nations: Iran and Azerbaijan. [241] In the Soviet era, literacy and average education levels rose dramatically from their very low starting point, despite two changes in the standard alphabet, from Perso-Arabic script to Latin in the 1920s and from Roman to Cyrillic in the 1930s. [187] In the same year the total wood resources counted 136 million m³. There is one public channel and 6 private channels: İctimai Television, ANS TV, Space TV, Lider TV, Azad Azerbaijan TV, Xazar TV and Region TV. The president nominates the judges in these courts.

In the first half of the 7th century, Caucasian Albania, as a vassal of the Sasanians, came under nominal Muslim rule due to the Muslim conquest of Persia.

In a 2006–2008 Gallup poll, only 21% of respondents from Azerbaijan stated that religion is an important part of their daily lives.
24, No. [86], By March 1920, it was obvious that Soviet Russia would attack Baku. The history of the oil industry of Azerbaijan dates back to the ancient period. [115], There are 106 species of mammals, 97 species of fish, 363 species of birds, 10 species of amphibians and 52 species of reptiles which have been recorded and classified in Azerbaijan. The first information on the flora and fauna of Azerbaijan was collected during the visits of naturalists to Azerbaijan in the 17th century.

[233] There is also a small Protestant community. Most dances have a very fast rhythm. The disturbances in Azerbaijan, in response to Moscow's indifference to an already heated conflict, resulted in calls for independence and secession, which culminated in the Black January events in Baku. Tokens allow a call of indefinite duration.

[171][172], In 2008, Azerbaijan was cited as one of the top 10 reformers by the World Bank's Doing Business Report.[173]. After incorporation of all Caucasian territories from Iran into Russia, the new border between the two was set at the Aras River, which, upon the Soviet Union's disintegration, subsequently became part of the border between Iran and the Azerbaijan Republic. The 2011 population growth-rate was 0.85%, compared to 1.09% worldwide. [34][35] The original etymology of this name is thought to have its roots in the once-dominant Zoroastrianism. The most successful Azerbaijani football clubs are Neftchi Baku, Qarabağ, and Gabala. In the 21st century a number of prominent Azerbaijani geodynamics and geotectonics scientists, inspired by the fundamental works of Elchin Khalilov and others, designed hundreds of earthquake prediction stations and earthquake-resistant buildings that now constitute the bulk of The Republican Center of Seismic Service.