AZERBAIJAN AZERBAIJAN REGION ASIA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE AUGUST 30 1991 FROM THE SOVIET UNION DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION NOVEMBER 12 1995 POPULATION 7908224 1999 EST AREA 33400 SQ MI CAPITAL BAKU FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES OIL GAS IRON ORE MAIN INDUSTRIES MINING PETROLEUM PROCESSING CHEMICALS IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE GRAIN GRAPES COTTON RICE VEGETABLES TEA CATTLE PIGS SHEEP GOATS CURRENCY MANAT GDP 12.9 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 1640 1998 EST LANGUAGES AZERI RUSSIAN ARMENIAN RELIGIONS ISLAM CHRISTIANITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOXY ARMENIAN ORTHODOXY LITERACY RATE 97 LIFE EXPECTANCY 59 YEARS MALE 68 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 22 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 10 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
