The Government of Azerbaijan
Overview
- Capital: Baku
- Administrative regions: 66 districts and 11 cities as first-level divisions, including the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
- Government & legal system: Presidential republic; civil law system. (government site)
- Head of state / government: Ilham Aliyev, President (official page)
- Official language(s): Azerbaijani (official)
- National Day: May 28 (Independence Day, 1918); Republic Day
- Independence: May 28, 1918 (first declared); October 18, 1991 (from the USSR)
- Other official holidays: Novruz (Mar 20–21), Victory Day (Nov 8)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (official site)
- Regional / international memberships: UN, Organization of Turkic States, CIS, GUAM, Non-Aligned Movement
- Visa / entry requirements: E-visa (ASAN Visa) available for most nationalities. (visa info)
- Currency: Azerbaijani manat (AZN) — notes depict national monuments such as the Maiden Tower and Flame Towers.
- Flag symbolism: Horizontal blue-red-green tricolor with a white crescent and eight-pointed star centered on the red band — blue represents Turkic heritage, red represents modernization, green represents Islam; the crescent and star symbolize Islamic identity and the Turkic peoples.
