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baku (baki) administrative divisions: 59 rayons (rayonlar; rayon - singular). 11 cities* (saharlar; sahar - singular). 1 autonomous republic** (muxtar respublika) : rayons: abseron rayonu. agcabadi rayonu. agdam rayonu. agdas rayonu. agstafa rayonu. agsu rayonu. astara rayonu. balakan rayonu. barda rayonu. beylaqan rayonu. bilasuvar rayonu. cabrayil rayonu. calilabad rayonu. daskasan rayonu. davaci rayonu. fuzuli rayonu. gadabay rayonu. goranboy rayonu. goycay rayonu. haciqabul rayonu. imisli rayonu. ismayilli rayonu. kalbacar rayonu. kurdamir rayonu. lacin rayonu. lankaran rayonu. lerik rayonu. masalli rayonu. neftcala rayonu. oguz rayonu. qabala rayonu. qax rayonu. qazax rayonu. qobustan rayonu. quba rayonu. qubadli rayonu. qusar rayonu. saatli rayonu. sabirabad rayonu. saki rayonu. salyan rayonu. samaxi rayonu. samkir rayonu. samux rayonu. siyazan rayonu. susa rayonu. tartar rayonu. tovuz rayonu. ucar rayonu. xacmaz rayonu. xanlar rayonu. xizi rayonu. xocali rayonu. xocavand rayonu. yardimli rayonu. yevlax rayonu. zangilan rayonu. zaqatala rayonu. zardab rayonu : cities: ali bayramli sahari. baki sahari. ganca sahari. lankaran sahari. mingacevir sahari. naftalan sahari. saki sahari. sumqayit sahari. susa sahari. xankandi sahari. yevlax sahari : autonomous republic: naxcivan muxtar respublikasi independence: 30 august 1991 (from soviet union) national holiday: founding of the democratic republic of azerbaijan. 28 may (1918) constitution: adopted 12 november 1995 legal system: based on civil law system suffrage: 18 years of age; universal executive branch: chief of state: president ilham aliyev (since 31 october 2003) head of government: prime minister artur rasizade (since 4 november 2003); first deputy prime minister abbas abbasov (since 10 november 2003) cabinet: council of ministers appointed by the president and confirmed by the national assembly elections: president elected by popular vote to a five-year term; election last held 15 october 2003 (next to be held october 2008); prime minister and first deputy prime ministers appointed by the president and confirmed by the national assembly election results: ilham aliyev elected president; percent of vote - ilham aliyev 76.8%. isa gambar 14% legislative branch: unicameral national assembly or milli mejlis (125 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: last held 6 november 2005 (next to be held november 2010) election results: percent of vote by party - na%; seats by party - nap 58. independents 42. azadliq 8. csp 2. yes 2. motherland 2. other parties with single seats 7. undetermined 4 judicial branch: supreme court political parties and leaders: azerbaijan popular front or apf [ali karimli. leader of "reform" faction; mirmahmud mirali-oglu. leader of "classic" faction]; civic solidarity party or csp [sabir rustamkhanly]; civic union party [ayaz mutalibov]; communist party of azerbaijan or cpa [ramiz ahmadov]; compatriot party [mais safarli]; democratic party for azerbaijan or dpa [rasul quliyev. chairman]; justice party [ilyas ismailov]; liberal party of azerbaijan [lala shovkat haciyeva]; musavat [isa gambar. chairman]; new azerbaijan party or nap [vacant]; party for national independence of azerbaijan or pnia [etibar mammadli. chairman]; social democratic party of azerbaijan or sdp [araz alizade and ayaz mutalibov] note: opposition parties regularly factionalize and form new parties political pressure groups and leaders: sadval. lezgin movement; self-proclaimed armenian nagorno-karabakh republic; talysh independence movement; union of pro-azerbaijani forces (upaf) international organization participation: asdb. bsec. ce. cis. eapc. ebrd. eco. fao. guam. iaea. ibrd. icao. icftu. icrm. ida. idb. ifad. ifc. ifrcs. ilo. imf. imo. interpol. ioc. iom. iso. itu. miga. nam (observer). oas (observer). oic. opcw. osce. pfp. un. unctad. unesco. unido. upu. wco. wftu. who. wipo. wmo. wtoo. wto (observer) diplomatic representation in the us: chief of mission: ambassador hafiz pashayev chancery: 2741 34th street nw. washington. dc 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 337-3500 fax: [1] (202) 337-5911 diplomatic representation from the us: chief of mission: ambassador reno l. harnish iii embassy: 83 azadlyg prospecti. baku az1007 mailing address: american embassy baku. department of state. 7050 baku place. washington. dc 20521-7050 telephone: [9] (9412) 4980-335 through 337 fax: [9] (9412) 4983-755 flag description: three equal horizontal bands of blue (top). red. and green; a crescent and eight-pointed star in white are centered in red band economy - overview: azerbaijan's number one export is oil. azerbaijan's oil production declined through 1997 but has registered an increase every year since. negotiation of production-sharing arrangements (psas) with foreign firms. which have thus far committed $60 billion to long-term oilfield development. should generate the funds needed to spur future industrial development. oil production under the first of these psas. with the azerbaijan international operating company. began in november 1997. a consortium of western oil companies is scheduled to begin pumping 1 million barrels a day from a large offshore field in early 2006. through a $4 billion pipeline it built from baku to turkey's mediterranean port of ceyhan. economists estimate that by 2010 revenues from this project will double the country's current gdp. 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. baku has only recently begun making progress on economic reform. and old economic ties and structures are slowly being replaced. several other obstacles impede armenia's economic progress: the need for stepped up foreign investment in the non-energy sector. the continuing conflict with armenia over the nagorno-karabakh region. and the pervasive corruption. trade with russia and the other former soviet republics is declining in importance while trade is building with turkey and the nations of europe. long-term prospects will depend on world oil prices. the location of new pipelines in the region. and azerbaijan's ability to manage its oil wealth. gdp (purchasing power parity): $36.53 billion (2005 est.) gdp (official exchange rate): $10.81 billion (2005 est.) gdp - real growth rate: 18.3% (2005 est.) gdp - per capita: purchasing power parity - $4.600 (2005 est.) gdp - composition by sector: agriculture: 14.1% industry: 45.7% services: 40.2% (2002 est.) labor force: 5.45 million (2005 est.) labor force - by occupation: agriculture and forestry 41%. industry 7%. services 52% (2001) unemployment rate: 1.2% (official rate) (2005 est.) population below poverty line: 49% (2002 est.) household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 27.8% (1995) distribution of family income - gini index: 36.5 (2001) inflation rate (consumer prices): 12% (2005 est.) investment (gross fixed): 57.4% of gdp (2005 est.) budget: revenues: $3.18 billion expenditures: $2.986 billion. including capital expenditures of na (2005 est.) public debt: 13.9% of gdp (2005 est.) agriculture - products: cotton. grain. rice. grapes. fruit. vegetables. tea. tobacco; cattle. pigs. sheep. goats industries: petroleum and natural gas. petroleum products. oilfield equipment; steel. iron ore. cement; chemicals and petrochemicals; textiles industrial production growth rate: 25% (2005 est.) electricity - production: 20 billion kwh (2003) electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 89.7% hydro: 10.3% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001) electricity - consumption: 20.25 billion kwh (2003) electricity - exports: 700 million kwh (2003) electricity - imports: 2.35 billion kwh (2003) oil - production: 477.000 bbl/day (2005 est.) oil - consumption: 123.000 bbl/day (2003 est.) oil - exports: na (2001) oil - imports: na (2001) oil - proved reserves: 589 million bbl (1 january 2002) natural gas - production: 5.72 billion cu m (2001 est.) natural gas - consumption: 6.72 billion cu m (2001 est.) natural gas - exports: 0 cu m (2001 est.) natural gas - imports: 1 billion cu m (2001 est.) natural gas - proved reserves: 62.3 billion cu m (1 january 2002) current account balance: $-1.53 billion (2005 est.) exports: $6.117 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.) exports - partners: italy 26.6%. czech republic 11.9%. germany 8.1%. indonesia 6.4%. romania 6.2%. georgia 6%. russia 5.3%. turkey 5.2%. france 4.1% (2004) imports: $4.656 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.) imports - partners: russia 16.1%. uk 12.5%. turkey 10.5%. germany 7.8%. ukraine 5.6%. netherlands 4.9%. us 4.1%. italy 4% (2004) reserves of foreign exchange and gold: $1.2 billion (2005 est.) debt - external: $2.253 billion (2005 est.) economic aid - recipient: oda. $140 million (2000 est.) currency (code): azerbaijani manat (azm) currency code: azm exchange rates: azerbaijani manats per us dollar - 4.794.15 (2005). 4.913.48 (2004). 4.910.73 (2003). 4.860.82 (2002). 4.656.58 (2001) fiscal year: calendar year telephones - main lines in use: 923.800 (2002) telephones - mobile cellular: 870.000 (2002) telephone system: general assessment: inadequate; requires considerable expansion and modernization; teledensity of 10 main lines per 100 persons is low (2002) domestic: the majority of telephones are in baku and other industrial centers - about 700 villages still without public telephone service; satellite service connects baku to a modern switch in its exclave of naxcivan international: country code - 994; the old soviet system of cable and microwave is still serviceable; satellite earth stations - 2 (2005) radio broadcast stations: am 10. fm 17. shortwave 1 (1998) radios: 175.000 (1997) television broadcast stations: 2 (1997) televisions: 170.000 (1997) internet country code: .az internet hosts: 586 (2004) internet service providers (isps): 2 (2000) internet users: 300.000 (2002) airports: 50 (2004 est.) airports - with paved runways: total: 27 over 3.047 m: 2 2.438 to 3.047 m: 6 1.524 to 2.437 m: 15 914 to 1.523 m: 3 under 914 m: 1 (2005 est.) airports - with unpaved runways: total: 19 914 to 1.523 m: 3 under 914 m: 15 (2005 est.) heliports: 2 (2005 est.) pipelines: gas 4.451 km; oil 1.518 km (2004) railways: total: 2.957 km broad gauge: 2.957 km 1.520-m gauge (1.278 km electrified) (2004) roadways: total: 27.016 km paved: 12.698 km (including 128 km of expressways) unpaved: 14.318 km (2003) merchant marine: total: 81 ships (1.000 grt or over) 253.004 grt/318.922 dwt by type: cargo 26. passenger 2. passenger/cargo 8. petroleum tanker 41. roll on/roll off 2. specialized tanker 2 registered in other countries: 3 (2005) ports and terminals: baku (baki) military branches: army. navy. air and air defense forces military service age and obligation: 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; law passed december 2001 raises maximum conscription age from 28 to 35 (december 2001) manpower available for military service: males age 18-49: 1.961.973 (2005 est.) manpower fit for military service: males age 18-49: 1.314.955 (2005 est.) manpower reaching military service age annually: males: 82.358 (2005 est.) military expenditures - dollar figure: $121 million (fy99) military expenditures - percent of gdp: 2.6% (fy99) disputes - international: armenia supports ethnic armenian secessionists in nagorno-karabakh and since the early 1990s has militarily occupied 16% of azerbaijan - organization for security and cooperation in europe (osce) continues to mediate dispute; over 800.000 mostly ethnic azerbaijanis were driven from the occupied lands and armenia; about 230.000 ethnic armenians were driven from their homes in azerbaijan into armenia; azerbaijan seeks transit route through armenia to connect to naxcivan exclave; azerbaijan. kazakhstan. and russia ratify caspian seabed delimitation treaties based on equidistance. while iran continues to insist on an even one-fifth allocation and challenges azerbaijan's hydrocarbon exploration in disputed waters; bilateral talks continue with turkmenistan on dividing the seabed and contested oilfields in the middle of the caspian; azerbaijan and georgia cannot resolve the alignment of their boundary at certain crossing areas refugees and internally displaced persons: idps: 571.000 (conflict with armenia over nagorno-karabakh) (2004) illicit drugs: limited illicit cultivation of cannabis and opium poppy. mostly for cis consumption; small government eradication program; transit point for southwest asian opiates bound for russia and to a lesser extent the rest of europe
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