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Armenia

AM / ARM   40.4°, 45.0°

Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan to the south. Yerevan is the capital, largest city and financial center.

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People are called
Armenian
Driving side
Right
Calling code
+374
Capital
Yerevan
Population
2,930,450
Area
29,743 km2
Climate
Highland or alpine
Government
Parliamentary democracy
Currency
Armenian dram
Languages
Armenian 97.2%, Russian 1.4%, Ezidian 1%
Sells
gold, diamonds, copper ore, broadcasting equipment
Sells to
Russia 37%, UAE 25%, Hong Kong 7%
Land borders
4: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Turkey
Drives on the
right
Calling code
+374
Founded
1991
Hemisphere
Northern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Armenian

These are English demonyms for people from Armenia. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

Demonym source: mledoze/countries · Download the attributed dataset (ODbL)

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

A sourced civilization and flag trail has not been added for Armenia yet. No ancient flag is inferred from the modern one.

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Turning points

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

Official status and a dated affiliation breakdown have not been checked for this country. The atlas's religion tags are not a population ranking.

BEYOND THE MAP

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Armenianofficial
97.2%
1.4%
1.0%

Largest cities

Yerevan  capital 1,086,700
Gyumri 112,300
Vanadzor 76,000

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Form of government

Parliamentary democracy.

Climate and geography

highland continental, hot summers, cold winters

Highest point

Landlocked. Northern hemisphere.

Figures from its history

Tigranes the Great
Tigranes the Great King of Armenia at its greatest extent Tigranes II, more commonly known as Tigranes the Great, was a king of Armenia.
Gregory the Illuminator
Gregory the Illuminator Converted Armenia to Christianity in 301 Gregory the Illuminator was the founder and first official head of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Aram Khachaturian
Aram Khachaturian Composer Aram Ilyich Khachaturian was a Soviet Armenian composer and conductor.

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: cities, famous, landmarks.