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Total population | |
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10,000 (2011);[1] about 20,000 prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq | |
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Cities: Baghdad, Mosul, Basra, Kirkuk, Baqubah and Dohuk Villages: Avzrog, Havresk, Zakho and Ishkender[2] | |
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Western Armenian[3] Mesopotamian Arabic | |
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Christianity (mostly Armenian Apostolic, some Armenian Catholics and pockets of Evangelical and Brethren Protestants) |
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Iraqi Armenians (Arabic: أرمنيون عراقيون ’Armanion Iraqion; Armenian: իրաքահայեր irakahayer) are Iraqi citizens and residents of Armenian ethnicity. Many Armenians settled in Iraq after fleeing the 1915 Armenian genocide. It is estimated that there are 10,000–20,000 Armenians living in Iraq, with communities in Baghdad, Mosul, Basra, Kirkuk,[4] Baqubah, Dohuk, Zakho and Avzrog.[5][6]