Asian domains: Azerbaijan (.pro.az)
.az is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Azerbaijan. It is administered by Azerbaijan Communications. Some second-level domains under .az are com.az, net.az, int.az, gov.az, org.az, .edu.az, .info.az, .pp.az, .mil.az, .name.az, .pro.az and biz.az.
Background Information :
Population
July 2008 estimate 8,676,000 (91st) - 2002 census 8,265,000 - Density 97/km2 (100th) 251/sq miGDP
(PPP) 2007 estimate - Total $65.523 billion (77th) - Per capita $7,618 (96th)National Anthem
AzÐÖrbaycan Respublikasýnýn DȵvlÐÖt Himni (March of Azerbaijan)Area
Total 86,600 km2 (113th) 33,436 sq mi - Water (%) 1.6%International Dialling Code
994Currency
Manat (AZN)Government
Presidential republic - President Ilham Aliyev - Prime Minister Artur Rasizade Independence from the Soviet Union - Declared 30 August 1991 - Completed 18 October 1991Language
AzerbaijaniMotto
: Bir kere yukselen bayraq, bir daha enmez! (The flag once raised will never fall!)Time Zone
(UTC+4) - Summer (DST) (UTC+5). Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: AzÐÖrbaycan RespublikasýAzerbaijan, a nation with an ethnic Azeri and ShiÇÿite Muslim majority population, is a secular and unitary republic. The country is one of the founder members of GUAM and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, and joined the Commonwealth of Independent States in September 1993. A Special Envoy of the European Commission is present in the country, which is also a member of the United Nations, the OSCE, the Council of Europe, and the NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) program.
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