Turkmenistan and AzerbaijanMatheo Noboa

7th CTuesday/November 25th

2014

AREA: 490 200 km²

POPULATION: 5,171,943 people

CAPITAL: Ashgabat

SPOKEN LANGUAGE: Turkmen SECUNDARY LANGUAGE: Russian

MAIN RELIGION: Muslims

MAIN HOLIDAY: January 12 – Memorial Day ABOUT: Honoring those who fell on 12 of January of 1881 defending the Geok Tepe fortress against the Russian troops.

Turkmenistan

• CURRENCY: Turkmen new manat • GOVERMENT SYSTEM: Unitary presidential republic

AREA: 86,600 km2

POPULATION: 9 494 600 people

CAPITAL: Baku

SPOKEN LANGUAGE: Azerbaijani SECUNDARY LANGUAGE: Russian

MAIN RELIGION: Muslims

MAIN HOLIDAY: January 20 – Martyrs' Day ABOUT: Commemorates Black January (1990) when Soviet troops

entered Baku and killed more than 130 civilians.

Azerbijan

CURRENCY: Manat

GOVERMENT SYSTEM: Dominant-party presidential republic