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This article has been tagged since December 2006. The culture of Azerbaijan has developed as a result of many influences, including its Turkic, Islamic, and Central Asian heritage as well as Russian influences due to its former status as a Soviet republic. Today, Western influences, including globalized consumer culture, are strong. Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ...
This article is about the various peoples speaking one of the Turkic languages. ...
Islam (Arabic: ) is a monotheistic religion based upon the teachings of Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure. ...
Map of Central Asia showing three sets of possible boundaries for the region Central Asia located as a region of the world Central Asia is a vast landlocked region of Asia. ...
Evolution of the Soviet Republics from 1922 to 1958. ...
The term Western World or the West can have multiple meanings depending on its context. ...
The Microsoft building in Bangalore, the information technology capital of India Globalization, also globalisation, refers to a process of increasing integration between units around the world, including nation-states, households/individuals and organizations, including corporations. ...
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Religion
Main article: Religion in Azerbaijan This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...
Around 93 percent of Azerbaijan's population is nominally Muslim, about 5% of the population adheres Orthodoxism. Among the Muslim majority, religious observance is relatively low and Muslim identity tends to be based more on culture and ethnicity rather than religion; however, imams reported increased attendance at mosques during 2003. The Muslim population is approximately 60 percent Shi'a and 40 percent Sunni; differences traditionally have not been defined sharply. Juma mosque in Baku, built in 1606, was ordered to close in 2004 because worshipers supposedly posed a threat to the architectural integrity of the mosque. ...
The Eastern Orthodox Church is a Christian body that views itself as the historical continuation of the original Christian community established by Jesus and the Twelve Apostles, preserving the traditions of the early church unchanged, accepting the canonicity of the first seven ecumenical councils held between the 4th and the...
There are fairly sizeable expatriate Christian and Muslim communities in the capital city of Baku; authorities generally permit these groups to worship freely. Christians believe that Jesus is the mediator of the New Covenant (see Hebrews 8:6). ...
Municipality: Baku Area: 1000 km² Altitude: -28 m Population: 2,074,300 census 2003 Population density: 1280 persons/km² Postal Code: +99450 Area code: 012 Municipality code: BA Latitude: 41° 01 52 N Longitude: 21° 20 25 E Weather types: 9 of 11 Mayor: Hajibala Abutalybov The Baku region. ...
Language The official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani and Russian language, a member of the Oghuz subdivision of the Turkic language family, and is spoken by around 95% of the republic's population. Its closest relatives are Turkish and Turkmen. As a result of the language policy of the Soviet Union, Russian is also commonly spoken as a second language among the urbane. Russian ( , tr. ...
For all Turkic groupings and Turkic history, see Turkic peoples. ...
The Turkic languages constitute a language family of some thirty languages, spoken across a vast area from Eastern Europe to Siberia and Western China with an estimated 140 million native speakers and tens of millions of second-language speakers. ...
See also Albania · Andorra · Armenia2 · Austria · Azerbaijan1 · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus2 · Czech Republic · Denmark · Estonia · Finland · France · Georgia1 · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland · Ireland · Italy · Kazakhstan1 · Latvia · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Republic of Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Monaco · Montenegro · Netherlands · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Russia1 · San Marino · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Turkey1 · Ukraine · United Kingdom · Vatican City The Azerbaijanis[15][16] are an ethnic group mainly found in northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan. ...
Music of Azerbaijan includes various arrays of styles that reflect influences from the musics of the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Iran. ...
Juma mosque in Baku, built in 1606, was ordered to close in 2004 because worshipers supposedly posed a threat to the architectural integrity of the mosque. ...
Azerbaijani literature, in keeping with the great age of the Azerbaijani civilization, reaches back into antiquity, with some of its greatest works of literature being written as early as the 6th century. ...
Ashik Kerib (Russian: ) is a 1988 film by the Soviet filmmaker Sergei Parajanov based on the poem of the same name by Mikhail Lermontov. ...
The Culture of Europe might better be described as a series of overlapping cultures of Europe. ...
The culture of present-day Montenegro is as fascinating as its history and geographical position suggests. ...
Serbian culture refers to the culture of Serbia as well as the culture of Serbians in other parts of the former Yugoslavia and elsewhere in the world. ...
Dependencies, autonomies and other territories
Abkhazia1 · Adjara1 · Åland · Akrotiri and Dhekelia · Crimea · Faroe Islands · Gibraltar · Guernsey · Isle of Man · Jersey · Kosovo · Nagorno-Karabakh1 · Nakhichevan1 · Transnistria · Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus2 A dependent territory, dependent area or dependency is a territory that does not possess full political independence or sovereignty as a State. ...
An autonomous area is an area of a country that has a degree of autonomy. ...
Types of political territories include: A legally administered territory, which is a non-sovereign geographic area that has come under the authority of another government. ...
1 Has significant territory in Asia. 2 Entirely in West Asia, considered European for cultural, political and historical reasons. A transcontinental country is a country belonging to more than one continent. ...
Afghanistan · Armenia · Azerbaijan1 · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Bhutan · Brunei · Cambodia · China (People's Republic of China (Hong Kong · Macau) · Republic of China (Taiwan)) · Cyprus · East Timor · Georgia1 · India · Indonesia · Iran · Iraq · Israel (see also Palestinian territories) · Japan · Jordan · Kazakhstan1 · North Korea · South Korea · Kuwait · Kyrgyzstan · Laos · Lebanon · Malaysia · Maldives · Mongolia · Myanmar · Nepal · Oman · Pakistan · Philippines · Qatar · Russia1 · Saudi Arabia · Singapore · Sri Lanka · Syria · Tajikistan · Thailand · Turkey1 · Turkmenistan · United Arab Emirates · Uzbekistan · Vietnam · Yemen The culture of Asia is the artificial aggregate of the cultural heritage of many nationalities, societies, religions, and ethnic groups in the region, traditionally called a continent from a Western-centric perspective, of Asia. ...
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Chinese people in Hong Kong have adopted many western folkways, but a substantial number of them still adhere to traditional Chinese traditions on various aspects of social living; for instance family solidarity, “courtesy and face†in interpersonal relationship. ...
The culture of Taiwan is a blend of traditional Chinese with significant East Asian influences including Japanese and Western influences including American, Spanish and Dutch. ...
The Culture of East Timor reflects numerous cultural influences, including Portuguese, Roman Catholic and Malay, on the indigenous Austronesian cultures in East Timor. ...
Since the establishment of the Han Dynasty colonies in the northern Korean Peninsula 2,000 years ago, Koreans have been under the cultural influence of China. ...
The traditional culture of Korea is shared by South Korea and North Korea, but there are regional differences. ...
1 Has some territory in Europe. A transcontinental country is a country belonging to more than one continent. ...
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