Info on Baku

Baku is the capital and also the largest city of Azerbaijan.  The population is 2 million (2010 estimate).  Azerbaijan shares its borders with Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Iran and the Caspian Sea.  Its area is       33,774 sq miles, a little smaller than the state of Maine.  Azerbaijan became an independent country in 1918 following nealy one hundred years of Russian rule.  Ethnic groups consists of 90.6% Azeri  -  2.2% Dagestani  -  1.8% Russian  -  1.5% Armenia  -  3.9% other.  Their Languages consists of 89% Azerbaijani  -  3% Russian  -  2% Armenian  -  6% other.  Most of the population in Baku speaks Azerbaijani and Russian.  The Religions in Baku is 93.4% Muslim  -  2.5% Russian Orthodox  -  2.3% Armenian Orthodox  -  1.8% other (the last update was taken in 1995).