Its longest river is the Kur, and its highest point is Bazarduzu Dagi, on the northern border with the Republic of Daghestan.
This country's Gobustan State Reserve contains unique mud volcanos, and in some places oil and natural gas rush from the ground. Its longest river is the Kur, and its highest point is Bazarduzu Dagi, on the northern border with the Republic of Daghestan. Unlike Daghestan, this country is majority Shia, just like its neighbor to the south, from which the treaties of Turkmanchay and Gulistan separated it. That neighbor still has a sizeable population of this country's namesake ethnic group, and its official language is spoken in cities such as Ardabil and Tabriz. (*) This country's people may have originally been Persian, but came under the influence of Oghuz Turks. It takes its name from the Persian satrap Atropates, and its second-largest city is Ganja. In addition to the exclave of Nakhchivan, this country controls the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, whose Armenian majority fought a bloody civil war between 1988 and 1994. For 10 points, name this former Soviet republic in the Caucasus with capital at Baku.
This country's Gobustan State Reserve contains unique mud volcanos, and in some places oil and natural gas rush from the ground.
Republic of Azerbaijan