Armenia

Armenia, wey dem dey officially call Republic of Armenia, be one landlocked country wey dey insyd Armenian Highlands for West Asia.The UN classification of world regions Archived 25 June 2002 at the Wayback Machine places Armenia in West Asia; the CIA World Factbook  , ,  and Oxford Reference Online  also place Armenia in Asia. 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. 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.Robert Drews (2017). Militarism and the Indo-Europeanizing of Europe. Routledge. . 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." 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.(). Estimated dates vary from 284 to 314. Garsoïan (op.cit. p. 82), following the research of Ananian, favours the latter.Armenia still dey recognize de Armenian Apostolic Church, wey be de world ein oldest national church, as de country ein main religious establishment. 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 
ProvinceCapitalArea (km2)Population (2011 census)Population (2022 census)"The Main Results of RA Census 2022, trilingual / Armenian Statistical Service of Republic of Armenia". www.armstat.am. Retrieved 18 November 2024.AragatsotnԱրագածոտնAshtarakԱշտարակ2,756132,925128,941AraratԱրարատArtashatԱրտաշատ2,090260,367248,982ArmavirԱրմավիրArmavirԱրմավիր1,242265,770253,493Gegharkunik  Գեղարքունիք  GavarԳավառ5,349235,075209,669KotaykԿոտայքHrazdanՀրազդան2,086254,397269,883LoriԼոռիVanadzorՎանաձոր3,799235,537222,805ShirakՇիրակGyumriԳյումրի2,680251,941235,484SyunikՍյունիքKapanԿապան4,506141,771114,488TavushՏավուշIjevanԻջևան2,704128,609114,940Vayots DzorՎայոց ՁորYeghegnadzor  Եղեգնաձոր  2,30852,32447,369YerevanԵրևան––2231,060,1381,086,677

 Demographics 

 Cities 
Largest cities anaa towns insyd Armenia

Armenia 2022 censusRankNameProvincePop.RankNameProvincePop.1YerevanYerevan1,086,67711ArtashatArarat19,0202GyumriShirak112,30112SevanGegharkunik18,7053VanadzorLori75,18613IjevanTavush18,6894AbovyanKotayk46,43414GavarGegharkunik17,7415VagharshapatArmavir44,83715ArtikShirak17,6476HrazdanKotayk44,23116GorisSyunik17,1137KapanSyunik32,78017AraratArarat16,5928ArmavirArmavir27,47018DilijanTavush15,9149CharentsavanKotayk22,07119AshtarakAragatsotn15,68610MasisArarat20,08120SisianSyunik13,179

 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., part of the OSCE As of 2022, der be 31,077 Yazidis insyd Armenia.

 References 

 External links 

 Armenia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.
 Key Development Forecasts for Armenia from International Futures
 Armeniapedia.org
 Armenia profile from the BBC News
 Armenia Stock Exchange
 American University of Armenia


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