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Azerbaijan

Capital: Baku

  • The Caspian Sea forms Azerbaijan's eastern boundary, and the country's Caspian coastline is about 800 km long.
  • Gobustan National Park has more than 6,000 rock carvings, showing people, animals, boats and dances, some dating back to the 10th millennium BC.
  • Yanar Dag is a natural gas fire on a hillside on the Absheron Peninsula that has burned for a very long time.
  • The Old City of Baku, a UNESCO site since 2000, has defensive walls from the 12th century, the Maiden Tower and the Palace of the Shirvanshahs.

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