66 Amazing Facts about Azerbaijan

Last updated on March 7th, 2022

About Azerbaijan’s: culture, tradition, and heritage

45. Music is life: Music is an integral part of the lives of the local people. Mugham is one such folk musical composition from Azerbaijan.

46. Famous carpets: Azerbaijan is also famous for its age old carpets that are in great demand throughout the world. Mostly women are involved in weaving these carpets that represent the country’s artistic sensibilities and ability to bring together various symbols and shapes with natural colors.

47. Art and artifacts: Azerbaijanis make rich art decorative pieces from wood, silk, metal, and ceramic. These art pieces adorn the museums all over the world.

48. Museum for carpets: The country also has a carpet museum in Baku. The museum which opened in 2014 has an appearance like that of a giant rolled-up rug.

49. They have a crochet contest – Seven Beauties tournament. The winner of the contest is the one who knits the best pair in the given time.

50. Architecture in Baku: Baku is a city of skyscrapers and appeals to international audiences.

51. The national language: Azerbaijani, the national language of Azerbaijan, is spoken by the 20 million Azerbaijanis living in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

52. A man-made waterway flows through Baku between shops, restaurants and other places of entertainment.

53. After Azeri, Russian is the second most spoken language in Azerbaijan. English is not widely spoken.

54. Pollution is a problem: Azerbaijan is among the top 50 countries in the world with the highest level of carbon dioxide emissions. China tops the list with the United States at the second position.

55. World’s biggest KFC: Baku, Azerbaijan is home to the world’s largest KFC. KFC has more than 18,875 franchises in 118 countries. The fast food chain was founded in 1930.

56. Oil is economy: Oil reserves in Azerbaijan are expected to be worth trillions of dollars.

57. A 1,100-mile oil pipeline from Baku (Azerbaijan’s capital) to Ceyhan (southern Turkey) was built between 2002 and 2006.

Mud volcanoes in Azerbaijan [World Famous]

58. Azerbaijan is home to the largest concentration of mud volcanoes. They have in fact four hundred of these of a thousand mud volcanoes that are known to exist in the world.

59. As opposed to usual volcanoes that spew lava, mud volcanoes can be very cold, just near freezing.

60. In 2001, Azerbaijan experienced eruption of a mud volcano which was almost 300 m tall (height of explosion) and spewed lots of mud surrounded by dense, black smoke; which was visible from 15 km away.

61. Azerbaijan is also home of the two largest mud volcanoes in the world – Boyuk Khanizadagh and Turaghai.

62. Mud volcanoes are also known as “sedimentary volcanoes”. They can have a maximum diameter of around 10 kilometers and a maximum height of 700 meters.

63. One of a kind museum: The country also boasts the world’s only miniature book museum. The museum also has a miniature copy of the Holy Quran from the 17^th century. It was opened in 2002 by Zarifa Salahova.

64. A house made of bottles: A house in Azerbaijan is made entirely out of thousands of glass bottles.

65. An ever-burning wall of fire: Azerbaijan has a 10 m long wall of fire that is expected to be burning since 1950. Azerbaijan has enormous gas reserves, which is supplementing the fire from within. The firewall is also a place of tourist attraction. These mysterious flames were first spotted by Marco Polo when he first visited the region in the 13^th century.

66. A burning spring: Azerbaijan also has a burning spring (Yanar Bulag) in the city of Astara in southern Azerbaijan. The water originating from the spring has unique high Methane content which sets it to fire when ignited. Locals believe that the spring has some remedial properties as well.

Azerbaijan – the country at a glance