Interesting Facts about Azerbaijan

Trivia, oddities, and curious tidbits about Azerbaijan.

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5 curious facts about Azerbaijan.

1236-1498-Mongols of Genghis Khan control Az.
1870-1915 – Oil industry makes Baku a boomtown
1991- Azerbaijan Declares independence from the Soviet Union
Possibly the largest annual event in Azerbaijan is the Caspian Oil and Gas Show. Held in late May or early June in and around Baku, this week long event brings people together from all over the world. The Oil and Gas Show has become a festive celebration of Azerbaijan potential to return to its position as one of the great producers of oil and natural gas.

The mountain air, the varied climate, and a diet of fruit, vegetables, and milk product have enabled Azeris and Armenians to live unusually long lives. Just after WWII, Soviet sociologists and demographers began reporting that surprising numbers of people in Transcaucasia were living past 100, especially in Az where they estimated that 44 of every 100,000 people lived past 100.