This is prepared for showing at school. Includes, general information about Azerbaijan, etymology, history, cuisine, culture, ancient places and so on...

1. AZERBAIJAN – MY NATIVE
MOTHERLAND
by Samir Mammadov
Academy of Public Administration
International Relations faculty

2. OF
AZERBAIJA
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Flag of Azerbaijan Republic Coat of arms

3. WHERE IS
AZERBAIJAN?
 Azerbaijan is located at the
crossroads of Eastern Europe and
Western Asia, it is bounded by the
Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the
north, Georgia to the northwest,
Turkey and Armenia to the west, and
Iran to the south.

4. GENERAL
INFORMATION
 Azerbaijan - is the largest
country in the Caucasus
region
 Capital - Baku
 Population – 9.2 million.
 Area – 86.6 sq. km.
 Currency - Azerbaijani
manat
 Official language-Azerbaijani
 Government: Presidential
system, Republic, Constitutional
republic

5. ETYMOLOGY OF THE NAME OF AZERBAIJAN
 This name is linked with the
population, which lived in this
region for thousand of years before
our era, and who were mostly fire-
worshippers. Local population
considered that fire was their God
and so they worshipped the fire.
"Azer" means fire. The Turkic name
"Azer" was used for this territory
for a long time. The word
"Azerbaijan" originates from the
name of an ancient Turkish tribe,
who resided in those territories.

6. HISTORY
 Azerbaijan is one of the most
ancient sites of humankind.
The humankind was present
here at every stage of their
historical development. There
were living settlements in
Azerbaijan even at the
earliest stages of humankind.
Azerbaijan made its own
contribution into the
establishment of the current
culture and civilization,
progress and dialectics.

7. SOME HISTORICAL PLACES…

8. SOME HISTORICAL PLACES…

9. AZERBAIJAN IS A COUNTRY OF ANCIENT
CULTURE…
 Azerbaijan has different
types of instruments.
They are “Tar”, “Saz” ,
“Kamancha” , “Balaban” ,
“Naghara” and so on..
 Our motherland is also
famous for his carpets..

10. AND…VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE
CULTURE…
 OF COURSE,
CUISINE…

11. AZERBAIJANI CUISINE…
 Our cuisine has different
types of meals…
Sweets…
Most famous meals are,
“kabab”, “plov” , “dolma”,
“chighirtma”…
 And the most known
sweets are
“shekerbura” ,
“pakhlava” , “qoghal”…

12. AZERBAIJAN…
Words are not
enough to
describe this
country…

13. THANKS FOR
ATTENTION… 