Flag of Azerbaijan

🎨 What the flag means

Azerbaijan's flag has three stripes of bright blue, red and green, with a white crescent and an eight-pointed star in the middle. Blue stands for the country's Turkic heritage, red for progress and building a modern country, and green for Islam.

📊 Quick facts

👥 Population

10.2 million (2023)

🏙️ Capital

Baku2.3 million people (2021)

🗣️ Main language

AzerbaijaniAlso official: Russian

✨ 3 fun facts

1. Yanar Dag, which means "burning mountain", is a hillside near Baku where natural gas has been burning without stopping.
2. Nearly half of all the mud volcanoes on Earth are found in Azerbaijan.
3. The national animal is the Karabakh horse, known for being fast, clever and good-tempered.