the info of azerbaijan and turkmenistan

1. Turkmenistan and
Azerbaijan
Matheo Noboa
7th C
Tuesday/November 25th
2014

2. Turkmenistan
AREA: 490 200 km²
POPULATION: 5,171,943 people
CAPITAL: Ashgabat
SPOKEN LANGUAGE: Turkmen
SECUNDARY LANGUAGE: Russian
MAIN RELIGION: Muslims

3. • CURRENCY: Turkmen new manat
• GOVERMENT SYSTEM: Unitary presidential republic

4. Main Holidays
January 12 – Memorial Day
Honoring those who fell on 12 of January of
1881 defending the Geok Tepe fortress
against the Russian troops.
January 1 – New Year's Day
Celebrate New Year
March 8 – Turkmen Woman's Day
Coincides with International Woman's Day
February 19 – State Flag of Turkmenistan
Day
The national Flag Day

5. Azerbaijan
 AREA: 86,600 km2
 POPULATION: 9 494 600 people
 CAPITAL: Baku
 SPOKEN LANGUAGE: Azerbaijani
 SECUNDARY LANGUAGE: Russian
 MAIN RELIGION: Muslims

6.  CURRENCY: Manat
 GOVERMENT SYSTEM: Dominant-party presidential
republic

7. Main Holidays
 January 20 – Martyrs' Day
Commemorates Black January (1990) when
Soviet troops entered Baku and killed more
than 130 civilians.
 May 9 - Victory Day
 November 22 – Day of Justice of Azerbaijan
 January 30 – Day of Azerbaijani customs