Armenia
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| Republic of Armenia Hayastani Hanrapetutyun |
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| National information | |||||
| National motto: | One Nation, One Culture | ||||
| National anthem: | Our Fatherland | ||||
| About the people | |||||
| Official languages: | Armenian | ||||
| Population: (# of people) | |||||
| - Total: | 3,016,000 (ranked 136) | ||||
| - Density: | 73 per km² | ||||
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| Capital city: | Yerevan | ||||
| Largest city: | Yerevan | ||||
| Area | |||||
| - Total: | 29,800 (ranked 139) | ||||
| - Water: | n/a km² (n/a%) | ||||
| Politics / Government | |||||
| Established: | September 21, 1991 | ||||
| Leaders: | President: Robert Kocharian Prime Minister: Serzh Sargsyan |
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| Economy / Money | |||||
| Currency: (Name of money) |
Dram (AMD) | ||||
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| Time zone: | +05:00 | ||||
| Telephone dialing code: | 374 | ||||
| Internet domain: | .am | ||||
Armenia is a country in the Caucasus region of Europe. Its capital city is Yerevan. Armenia received its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
Armenia touches Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Iran.
There are some minorities living in Armenia, such as Greek, Russian, and other minorities, and more than 90% of the people are ethnic Armenians. Also, the Armenian Apostolic Church, is by far the largest religion in the country. There are a small amount of other Christians, Muslims and atheists.
Armenia is the place that some Christians believe Noah's Ark landed, and Noah's family settled. The Armenian name for Armenia ( Hayastan) means Land of Haik. Haik was the name of a great-great-grandson of Noah.
Throughout history, Armenia's size has changed many times. Today Armenia is much smaller than it was once. In 80 BC, the Kingdom of Armenia covered parts of what is today Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, Azerbaijan, and, of course, Armenia.
From 1920 to 1991, Armenia was a Communist country. (Communism is a political idea.) It was a member of the Soviet Union.
Today, Armenia's borders are locked with Turkey and Azerbaijan, due to conflicts. In 1992, Armenia and Azerbaijan had a war over the land of Nagorno-Karabakh. The fighting stopped in 1994, and Armenia has control over this land, but Armenia and Azerbaijan have not made peace.
[change] Other websites
- Armeniapedia
- History of Armenia
- Armenia.org - Complete history of Armenia, covering 800B.C. to 2004
- PanARMENIAN.Net - Daily Armenian News
- ArmeniaNow.com - Weekly articles and reports
- Hetq.am - Weekly articles and reports
- Haias.net - All about Armenia
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| Countries | Albania - Andorra - Armenia - Austria - Azerbaijan1 - Belarus - Belgium - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bulgaria - Croatia - Cyprus2 - Czech Republic - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - Germany - Georgia1 - Greece - Hungary - Iceland - Ireland - Italy - Latvia - Liechtenstein - Lithuania - Luxembourg - Malta - Moldova - Monaco - Montenegro - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Portugal - Republic of Macedonia - Romania - Russia1 - San Marino - Serbia - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Turkey1 - Ukraine - United Kingdom - Vatican City |
| Dependencies | Akrotiri and Dhekelia2 - Faroe Islands - Gibraltar - Guernsey - Jan Mayen - Jersey - Isle of Man - Svalbard |
| Unrecognised | Abkhazia |
| 1. Country partly in Asia. 2. Geographically in Asia, but often counted as part of Europe for cultural and historical reasons. | |
| Countries and territories of Asia |
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| 1. Includes territory in both Europe and Asia. 2. Usually thought of Europe for cultural, Politically and historical reasons. 3. Special territories. |
