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Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Respublikası), is a transcontinental country in Eurasia, in the South Caucasus. It is bordered by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to the south. An exclave of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic also borders Turkey to the west. A self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh is occupied by Armenia, but is internationally recognized as a part of Azerbaijan. The country's territory also embraces several islands in the Caspian Sea with the total area of over thirty square kilometers.