Azerbaijan

The capital of Azerbaijan is Baku

Currencies in Azerbaijan

The currency of Azerbaijan is the Azerbaijanian Manat(AZN)


List of oil fields in Azerbaijan (3)

Flag of Azerbaijan

Leaders of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani

Animals native to Azerbaijan / which animals live in Azerbaijan?

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Map of Azerbaijan

Airlines in Azerbaijan

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Coordinates (in Latitude & Longitude) of Azerbaijan

40 30 N, 47 30 E 0 kilometers 86,100 square kilometers 500 square kilometers 17.47 / 1000 population 8.35 / 1000 population 14,550 sq km

Kilometers of coastline

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Square kilometers of water

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Irrigated land

8,120,247

The traditional art of Azerbaijani carpet weaving in the Republic of Azerbaijan

The Azerbaijani carpet is a traditional handmade textile of various sizes, with dense texture and a pile or pile-less surface, whose patterns are characteristic of Azerbaijan’s many carpet-making regions.  Carpet making is a family tradition transferred orally and through practice. Men shear sheep in spring and autumn, while women collect dyestuffs and spin and dye yarn in the spring, summer and autumn. The weaving is undertaken during winter by the female members of the extended family, girls learning from their mothers and grandmothers and wives assisting their mothers-in-law. The carpet is made on horizontal or vertical looms using multi-coloured wool, cotton or silk yarn coloured with natural dyes. Applying special techniques to create pile carpets, weavers knot the pile yarn around threads of the warp; pile-less carpets are variously made with interlacing structural warps, wefts, and patterning wefts. The cutting of a finished carpet from the loom is an unusually solemn celebration. Carpet weaving is closely connected with the daily life and customs of the communities involved, its role reflected in the meaning of the designs and their applications. Thus, girls seated on carpets tell fortunes and sing traditional songs at Novruz (the regional New Year). The carpet is widely used for home furniture and decoration, and special carpets are woven for medical treatment, for wedding ceremonies, the birth of a child, mourning rituals and prayer.
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Languages spoken in Azerbaijan