Welcome to Azerbaijan
ManatCurrency in Azerbaijan
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Basic Country Profile
Location: South West Asia on the Caspian sea between Russia and Iran
Population: 9.7 million
Capital: Baku
Major languages: Azeri, Russian
Major religion: Islam
Currency: Manat
Time zone: GMT+4
Terrain: Diverse collection of landscapes
Climate: Continental
Emergency numbers
101-Fire brigade
102-Police
103-Ambulance
112- General Emergency
Disability Legislations and Policies
The people with disabilities are more than 620 000 or about 6% of the total population. en.azvision.az
Azerbaijan signed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 30 March 2007 and ratified it on 26 September 2008.
For more information, go to www.tbinternet.ohchr.org
Travel Related Information
Azerbaijan’s great emphasis on developing excellent domestic and international transport infrastructure is most visible at Heydar Aliyev International Airport. Air links are especially numerous to European, Turkish, CIS and Middle-Eastern destinations, but direct flights go as far as New York and Beijing. There are also inexpensive overnight accessible sleeper train services to Tbilisi, Georgia, a few more to Russia and the construction and implementation of new direct rail links to Iran and Turkey are nearing completion. Long distance buses also connect to neighbouring countries.
For accessible hotels, go to: www.za.hotels.com