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Armenia
sovereign state, country
Part ofWest Asia, Eastern Europe Edit
Year dem found am23 September 1991 Edit
Name in native languageՀայաստանի Հանրապետություն Edit
Official nameՀայաստան Edit
Native labelՀայաստան, Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Edit
Short name🇦🇲 Edit
Ethnic groupArmenians, Yazidis Edit
Official languageArmenian Edit
AnthemMer Hayrenik Edit
Cultureculture of Armenia Edit
ContinentAsia Edit
CountryArmenia Edit
CapitalYerevan Edit
Located in time zoneUTC+04:00 Edit
Coordinate location40°23′0″N 44°57′0″E Edit
Coordinates of easternmost point39°13′52″N 46°38′3″E Edit
Coordinates of northernmost point41°18′0″N 45°0′0″E Edit
Coordinates of southernmost point38°50′25″N 46°10′26″E Edit
Coordinates of westernmost point41°5′57″N 43°26′50″E Edit
Highest pointMount Aragats Edit
Lowest pointDebed Edit
Government ein basic formrepublic, unitary state, parliamentary system Edit
Office held by head of statePresident of Armenia Edit
State ein headVahagn Khachatryan Edit
Office head of government holdPrime Minister of Armenia Edit
Government ein headNikol Pashinyan Edit
Executive bodyGovernment of Armenia Edit
Legislative bodyNational Assembly of Armenia Edit
Highest judicial authorityConstitutional Court of Armenia Edit
Central bankCentral Bank of Armenia Edit
Member ofUN Edit
CurrencyArmenian dram Edit
Dey share bother plusIran, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia Edit
Driving sideright Edit
Electrical plug typeEuroplug, Schuko Edit
Dey replaceSoviet Union Edit
Dema official websitehttp://www.gov.am/en/, https://courrier.am Edit
HashtagArmenia Edit
Top-level Internet domain.am, .հայ Edit
Flagflag of Armenia Edit
Coat of armsCoat of arms of Armenia Edit
Geography of topicgeography of Armenia Edit
Get characteristicpartly free country Edit
History of topichistory of Armenia Edit
Official religionChristianity Edit
Railway traffic sideright Edit
Economy of topiceconomy of Armenia Edit
Demographics of topicdemographics of Armenia Edit
Mobile country code283 Edit
Country calling code+374 Edit
Trunk prefix0 Edit
Emergency phone number112, 101, 102, 103 Edit
GS1 country code485 Edit
Licence plate codeAM Edit
Maritime identification digits216 Edit
Unicode character🇦🇲 Edit
Category for honorary citizens of entityQ7981767 Edit
Category for maps or plansCategory:Maps of Armenia Edit
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Armenia, wey dem dey officially call Republic of Armenia, be one landlocked country wey dey insyd Armenian Highlands for West Asia.[1][2] be part of de Caucasus region plus e get Turkey for west side, Georgia for north, Azerbaijan for east side, den Iran plus de Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan for south.[3] Yerevan be de capital, e be de biggest city plus de financial center.

Armenia be one unitary, multi-party, democratic nation-state wey e get ancient cultural heritage. De Armenian Highlands be home to de Hayasa-Azzi, Shupria den Nairi. By at least 600 BC, one old form of Proto-Armenian, wey be Indo-European language, e spread enter Armenian Highlands.[4][5] De first Armenian state, Urartu, e start for 860 BC, den by de 6th century BC dem replace am with de Satrapy of Armenia. De Kingdom of Armenia reach ein highest point under Tigranes de Great for de 1st century BC, den for de year 301, e be de first state for de world wey adopt Christianity as ein official religion.[6][7][8]Armenia still dey recognize de Armenian Apostolic Church, wey be de world ein oldest national church, as de country ein main religious establishment.[9] De ancient Armenian kingdom e split between de Byzantine den Sasanian Empires around early 5th century. Under de Bagratuni dynasty, dem restore de Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia for de 9th century before e fall for 1045. Cilician Armenia, wey be Armenian principality den later e turn kingdom, e dey for de Mediterranean Sea coast between de 11th den 14th centuries.

Between de 16th den 19th centuries, de traditional Armenian homeland wey e be Eastern Armenia den Western Armenia e fall under de rule of de Ottoman den Persian empires, dem dey rule am turn by turn for centuries. By de 19th century, de Russian Empire conquer Eastern Armenia, but most of de western parts of de traditional Armenian homeland still dey under Ottoman rule. During World War I, up to 1.5 million Armenians wey dem dey live for dema ancestral lands insyd de Ottoman Empire dem systematically kill dem for de Armenian genocide. For 1918, after de Russian Revolution, all de non-Russian countries declare demma independence after de Russian Empire collapse, wey e lead to de establishment of de First Republic of Armenia. By 1920, dem incorporate de state insyd de Soviet Union as de Armenian SSR. De modern Republic of Armenia gain independence for 1991 as de Soviet Union dissolve.

Armenia be developing country den e dey rank 76th for de Human Development Index as of 2024. Ein economy mainly base on industrial output den mineral extraction. Even tho Armenia dey geographically for South Caucasus, e dey considered geopolitically European. Because Armenia dey align ein geopolitics plus Europe, de country be member of plenty European organisations like de Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe, de Council of Europe, de Eastern Partnership, Eurocontrol, de Assembly of European Regions, den de European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Armenia too be member of some regional groups for Eurasia insyd, like de Asian Development Bank, de Collective Security Treaty Organization, de Eurasian Economic Union, den de Eurasian Development Bank. Armenia dey support de former de facto independent Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), wey dem declare for 1991 for territory wey international bodies recognize as part of Azerbaijan, till de republic dissolve for September 2023.

Government den politics

Administrative divisions

Province Capital Area (km2) Population (2011 census)[10] Population (2022 census)[11]
Aragatsotn Արագածոտն Ashtarak Աշտարակ 2,756 132,925 128,941
Ararat Արարատ Artashat Արտաշատ 2,090 260,367 248,982
Armavir Արմավիր Armavir Արմավիր 1,242 265,770 253,493
Gegharkunik   Գեղարքունիք   Gavar Գավառ 5,349 235,075 209,669
Kotayk Կոտայք Hrazdan Հրազդան 2,086 254,397 269,883
Lori Լոռի Vanadzor Վանաձոր 3,799 235,537 222,805
Shirak Շիրակ Gyumri Գյումրի 2,680 251,941 235,484
Syunik Սյունիք Kapan Կապան 4,506 141,771 114,488
Tavush Տավուշ Ijevan Իջևան 2,704 128,609 114,940
Vayots Dzor Վայոց Ձոր Yeghegnadzor   Եղեգնաձոր   2,308 52,324 47,369
Yerevan Երևան – – 223 1,060,138 1,086,677

Demographics

Cities

Largest cities anaa towns insyd Armenia

Armenia 2022 census[11]

Rank Name Province Pop. Rank Name Province Pop.
1 Yerevan Yerevan 1,086,677 11 Artashat Ararat 19,020
2 Gyumri Shirak 112,301 12 Sevan Gegharkunik 18,705
3 Vanadzor Lori 75,186 13 Ijevan Tavush 18,689
4 Abovyan Kotayk 46,434 14 Gavar Gegharkunik 17,741
5 Vagharshapat Armavir 44,837 15 Artik Shirak 17,647
6 Hrazdan Kotayk 44,231 16 Goris Syunik 17,113
7 Kapan Syunik 32,780 17 Ararat Ararat 16,592
8 Armavir Armavir 27,470 18 Dilijan Tavush 15,914
9 Charentsavan Kotayk 22,071 19 Ashtarak Aragatsotn 15,686
10 Masis Ararat 20,081 20 Sisian Syunik 13,179

Ethnic groups

Ethnic Armenians dey make up 98.1% of de population. Yazidis dey make up 1.1%, den Russians 0.5%. Oda minorities dey include Assyrians, Ukrainians, Greeks (usually dem call Caucasus Greeks), Kurds, Georgians, Belarusians, den Jews. Der sanso be smaller communities of Vlachs, Mordvins, Ossetians, Udis, den Tats. Minorities of Poles den Caucasus Germans sanso dey exist though dem heavily be Russified.[12] As of 2022, der be 31,077 Yazidis insyd Armenia.[13]

References

  1. ↑ The UN classification of world regions Archived 25 June 2002 at the Wayback Machine places Armenia in West Asia; the CIA World Factbook "Armenia". The World Factbook. CIA. Archived from the original on 4 January 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2010. "Armenia". National Geographic. Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 16 April 2009., "Armenia". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 1 April 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2009., Calendario Atlante De Agostini (in Italian) (111 ed.). Novara: Istituto Geografico De Agostini. 2015. p. sub voce. ISBN 978-88-511-2490-8. and Oxford Reference Online "World Encyclopedia". Oxford Reference. World Encyclopedia. Oxford Reference Online. 2004. doi:10.1093/acref/9780199546091.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-954609-1. also place Armenia in Asia.
  2. ↑ "General information about Republic of Armenia". Armenia: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Armenia). Archived from the original on 5 October 2023. Retrieved October 2, 2023. The country is situated in western part of Asia, occupies the north-eastern part of Armenian plateau – between Caucasus and Nearest Asia
  3. ↑ The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History. Oxford University Press. 2003. p. 156. ISBN 978-0-19-510507-0.
  4. ↑ Mallory, J. P.; Adams, Douglas Q. (1997). Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture. London: Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-884964-98-5. OCLC 37931209. Armenian presence in their historical seats should then be sought at some time before c 600 BC; [...] Armenian phonology, for instance, appears to have been greatly affected by Urartian, which may suggest a long period of bilingualism.
  5. ↑ Robert Drews (2017). Militarism and the Indo-Europeanizing of Europe. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-367-88600-4. p. 228: "The vernacular of the Great Kingdom of Biainili was quite certainly Armenian. The Armenian language was obviously the region's vernacular in the fifth century BC, when Persian commanders and Greek writers paired it with Phrygian. That it as brought into the region between the early sixth and the early fifth century BC, and that it immediately obliterated whatever else had been spoken there, can hardly be supposed; [...] Because Proto-Armenian speakers seem to have lived not far from Hurrian speakers our conclusion must be that the Armenian language of Mesrop Mashtots was descended from an Indo-European language that had been spoken in southern Caucasia in the Bronze Age."
  6. ↑ (Garsoïan, Nina (1997). R.G. Hovannisian (ed.). Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times. Vol. 1. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 81.)
  7. ↑ Stringer, Martin D. (2005). A Sociological History of Christian Worship. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-521-81955-8.
  8. ↑ Grousset, René (1947). Histoire de l'Arménie (1984 ed.). Payot. p. 122.. Estimated dates vary from 284 to 314. Garsoïan (op.cit. p. 82), following the research of Ananian, favours the latter.
  9. ↑ "Constitution of Armenia - Library - The President of Armenia". president.am. Archived from the original on 3 December 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  10. ↑ "Armstat:Provinces, area and population" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "The Main Results of RA Census 2022, trilingual / Armenian Statistical Service of Republic of Armenia". www.armstat.am. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  12. ↑ Asatryan, Garnik; Arakelova, Victoria (2002). The Ethnic Minorities of Armenia. Routledge., part of the OSCE
  13. ↑ "The Main Results of RA Census 2022". ArmStat. Archived from the original on 20 May 2008. Retrieved 1 Feb 2022.
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