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Area > Comparative slightly smaller than Maine
Area > Land	86,100 sq km		[111st of 238]
Area > Total	86,600 sq km		[117th of 250]
Capital city with population	Baku - 1,713,300
Climate	dry, semiarid steppe
Forested Land	13.1%		[136th of 193]
Geographic coordinates	40 30 N, 47 30 E
Land boundaries > Border countries Armenia (with Azerbaijan-proper) 566 km, Armenia (with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave) 221 km, Georgia 322 km, Iran (with Azerbaijan-proper) 432 km, Iran (with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave) 179 km, Russia 284 km, Turkey 9 km
Land use > Arable land	20.62%		[48th of 258]
Largest city	Baku
Largest city population	1,848,000		[55th of 174]
Largest city with population	Baku - 1,713,300
Location Southwestern Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Russia, with a small European portion north of the Caucasus range
Map references Asia
Natural resources petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, nonferrous metals, bauxite
Population density	91.85 people per sqkm		[104th of 256]
Population density > people per sq. km	101.48 people/m²		[85th of 204]
Precipitation	210 mm		[88th of 95]
Surface area > sq. km	86,600 km²		[112nd of 206]
tallest mountains > Mountain	Bazarduzu Dagi

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