Republic of Azerbaijan is found in the southeastern part of the Caucasus, bordering Georgia in the northwest, Armenia and Turkey in the west and southwest, Iran in the south, and the Caspian Sea in the east. The total area includes the enclave of the Autonomous Republic of Nakhichevan. In addition to the…
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Constitution On November 12, 1995, according to the result of the referendum, the new Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan was approved and entered into force on December 5, 1995. The supreme law of the country was elaborated according to the fundamental…
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The 18 of October of 1991 the Constitutional Act on State Independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan, of which the foundations of the state, political and economic system of independent Azerbaijan was established was enacted. From that moment on, the country was once again…
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Prehistoric age The territory begins on the slopes of the Caucasus, extends along the shores of the Caspian Sea to the Iranian border. Since the Paleolithic Period, Azerbaijan was one of the asylums for mankind. Its residents, who were mainly farmers…
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Religion According to article 7 of the Constitution, Azerbaijan is a secular state that guarantees freedom of worship by article 48 of the Constitution. Traditionally the majority religion in the country is Islam since the 7th century and Shiism since the 16th century….
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Following the initial invasion of the country by US and British troops, a second operation was launched, now by the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), which was established by the United Nations Security Council in late June. December 2001 to secure Kabul…
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Daud’s regime The 17 of July of 1973 was overthrown the monarchy 40 years of Mohamed Zahid Shah. The then Prime Minister, Mohamed Daud, proclaimed the Republic and became President. Socialist revolution and Soviet aid In 1978, a Revolution, led by the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA),…
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First residents The first settlers of present-day Afghanistan date from the Middle Palaeolithic. The first cities would appear with the Sortugai culture in the 4th century BC. n. and. From the second century on, various Iranian and Aryan tribes settled on Afghan soil and later, Cyrus the…
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Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in central Asia. It borders Pakistan to the south and east, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan to the north, and the People’s Republic of China to the northeast through the Wakhan corridor. It has been ravaged by wars…
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(Nepāl Adhirājya). State of Central Asia (147,181 km²). Capital: Kathmandu. Administrative division: administrative areas (14). Population: 26,494,504 (2011). Language: Nepali (official), Tibetan dialects. Religion: Hindus 80.6%, Buddhists 10.7%, Muslims 4.2%, Kirat 3.6%, Christians 0.4%, others 0.5%. Currency unit: Nepalese rupee…
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