Azerbaijan sits in the South Caucasus at the meeting point of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, between the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus Mountains. This Azerbaijan country profile gives you clear facts about Azerbaijan – its map and geography, people, government, economy, culture and travel highlights – on a single page. With just over 10 million […]
Afghanistan (endonyms: افغانستان in Dari Persian; افغانستان in Pashto) is a landlocked, mountainous country at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. Its 251,830 square miles (652,230 square kilometers) encompass the Hindu Kush range, arid plateaus, and fertile river valleys that have channeled trade for millennia. Today, Afghanistan remains strategically important—bordering Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, […]
