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  Political Map of Azerbaijan ( Republic of Azerbaijan ) About Azerbaijan Map is showing Azerbaijan, a republic in southeastern  Europe  and  Western Asia , in the Caucasus (Transcaucasia), on the western shore of the  Caspian Sea . The country is at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, it is bordered by  Armenia ,  Georgia ,  Iran ,  Russia , and  Turkey . The former Soviet republic gained independence in 1991, its official name is now the Republic of Azerbaijan. The country occupies an  area  of 86,600 km² (33,440 sq mi), including the exclave of the Naxcivan Autonomous Republic and the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, compared the country is slightly larger than  Austria  or slightly smaller than the  U.S. state  of Maine. Capital city is  Baku . Other major cities are Ganja, Sumqayit, and Mingachevir. Spoken  languages  are Azerbaijani (Russian and English as second or third languages). Main religion is Islam, about 90% of the population are Muslims. Azerbaijan's

  Map of Bahrain, Middle East   View of Bahrain Fort;  Qal’at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun    is a UNESCO World Heritage Site on the northern coast of the country's main island. Image:  Martin Falbisoner   About Bahrain Bahrain is an island nation in the Middle East. The archipelago consists of the main island (Al) Bahrayn and some smaller islands and islets. The island state is situated in an inlet of the Persian Gulf (Arabian Gulf) known as the Gulf of Bahrain, about 25 km (16 mi) to the east of the Saudi Arabian coast. Bahrain is connected to the  Arabian Peninsula  by a series of bridges and causeways named the King Fahd Causeway. Bahrain shares maritime borders with  Iran ,  Qatar , and  Saudi Arabia. Area With an  area  of 741 km², the island nation is slightly larger than  Singapore  (699 km²), or 3.5 times the size of  Washington, DC . Like other wealthy island nations, Bahrain's area is growing due to land reclamation. Bahrain's geography can

  Map of Cyprus, Mediterranean Sea   View of Paphos harbor in Cyprus. Image:  Anna Anichkova About Cyprus The map shows the island of Cyprus in the Eastern  Mediterranean Sea . Cyprus is located about 80 km (50 mi) south of the coast of  Turkey , west of  Syria  and  Lebanon , northwest of  Israel , north of the Sinai Peninsula ( Egypt)  and east of the island of Crete ( Greece .) Area The third largest island in the Mediterranean has a land  area  of 9,251 km². 5,896 km² (2,276 sq mi) are under the control of the Republic of Cyprus; 3,355 km² (1,295 sq mi) are de facto under the administration of the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Population Cyprus has a  population  of almost 1.2 million people live on the island. 875,900 people live in the Republic of Cyprus (in 2018), 326,000 in Northern Cyprus (in 2017) Spoken  languages  are Greek and Turkish. Since 1974, Cyprus has been divided de facto into the Cyprus government-controlled area in the southern part of the is

  Administrative Map of Georgia About Georgia Map is showing Georgia, the south Caucasian country between  Russia  in north and  Turkey ,  Armenia , and  Azerbaijan  in south, the country borders the Black Sea in west. With an  area  of 69,700 km², the country compared is about the size of  Ireland , or slightly smaller than the  U.S. state  of  South Carolina . Georgia's landscape is largely mountainous, the Great Caucasus Mountain Range spans all along its northern border with Russia. In the central and southern part of the country runs the Lesser Caucasus range parallel to the Greater Caucasus, connected by the Likhi Range. On Georgia's eastern coast of the Black Sean is fertile Colchis (Kolkhet'is Dablobi) an ancient lowland, known to the Romans as the kingdom of Medea and the Golden fleece, the destination of the Argonauts. The Kura River (Mtkvari) has its source in the Lesser Caucasus in Turkey and flows eastward to the Caspian Sea. The river was an important water so

  Map of Iran, Middle East   Seyyed mosque in Isfahan, Iran. The city's largest mosque was built in the 19th century during the time of the Qajar dynasty. Image:  Diego Delso About Iran The map shows Iran, an Islamic state between the  Caspian Sea  in the north and the  Persian Gulf  in the south. The country is officially named the  Islamic Republic of Iran . Until the 1980s in the Western world, Persia was historically the common name for Iran. Persia was a monarchy until 1979 when the last Persian Shah  Reza Pahlavi  was overthrown in a popular uprising, headed by Ayatollah Khomeini. Iran borders  Afghanistan ,  Armenia ,  Azerbaijan ,  Iraq ,  Pakistan ,  Turkey , and  Turkmenistan . It shares maritime borders with  Bahrain ,  Kuwait ,  Oman ,  Saudi Arabia , and the  United Arab Emirates . With an  area  of 1,648,195 km², Iran is almost three times the size of  France  or somewhat smaller than the US state of  Alaska . Large parts of the country occupy the Iranian Plateau (or