Countries

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan lies on the western shore of the Caspian Sea, where Eastern Europe meets Western Asia. Its capital, Baku, sits below sea level and grew around some of the world's earliest commercial oil fields. The Nakhchivan exclave lies to the west, beyond Armenia.

The curved glass Flame Towers rising above the low rooftops of Baku, seen from the seafront boulevard

Baku, on the Caspian shore

Photo: Rufatazizzade, CC BY-SA 4.0

Blue stands for Turkic heritage, red for progress and modernization, and green for Islam. The white crescent and eight-pointed star sit in the red band. First adopted in 1918.

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