The country is 60% Shia and 40% Sunni, while Urmia and Tabriz are the capitals of the two provinces bearing its name in Iran.
Cities in this county include Mingachevir, Sumqayit, Ganja and Naftalan, home to petroleum spas. Its highest point is Mount Bazarduzu and most of it is drained by the Kur River. During the middle ages, most of it was part of Shirvan, and its territory was formerly known as Arran in Armenian and Albania in the Graeco-Roman world. It controls the oil-rich Apsheron peninsula as well as the exclave of Nakhchivan. The country is 60% Shia and 40% Sunni, while Urmia and Tabriz are the capitals of the two provinces bearing its name in Iran. Currently ruled by Ilham Aliyev, who succeeded his father Heydar, FTP, name this Caucasian country whose capital is Baku.
Cities in this county include Mingachevir, Sumqayit, Ganja and Naftalan, home to petroleum spas.
{Azerbaijan}