Republic of Armenia Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani Hanrapetut’yun (language?) |
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Anthem: Մեր Հայրենիք Mer Hayrenik "Our Fatherland" |
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Toropo Kgolo and Toropo ye kgolokgolo | Yerevan | |||||
Maleme a semmušo | Armenian[1] | |||||
Ethnic groups (2011) | ||||||
Religion | Armenian Apostolic Church[4] | |||||
Demonym | Armenian | |||||
Mmušo | Unitary parliamentary republic | |||||
- | President | Armen Sarkissian | ||||
- | Prime Minister | Nikol Pashinyan | ||||
- | President of the National Assembly | Ara Babloyan | ||||
Legislature | National Assembly | |||||
Formation and independence | ||||||
- | Traditional date | 2492 BC | ||||
- | Hayasa-Azzi | 1500–1290 BC | ||||
- | Arme-Shupria[5][6] | 14th century–1190 BC | ||||
- | Urartu[7] | 860–590 BC | ||||
- | Orontid dynasty | 6th century BC | ||||
- | Kingdom of Greater Armenia united under the Artaxiad Dynasty[8] |
190 BC[9] | ||||
- | Arsacid dynasty | 52–428 | ||||
- | Bagratid Armenia | 885–1045 | ||||
- | Kingdom of Cilicia | 1198–1375 | ||||
- | First Republic of Armenia declared | 28 May 1918 | ||||
- | Independence from the Soviet Union | 21 September 1991 | ||||
Area | ||||||
- | Palomoka | 29,743 km2 (138th) 11,484 sq mi |
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- | Metse (%) | 4.71 | ||||
Palo ya Badudi | ||||||
- | 2016 estimate | 2,924,816 | ||||
- | 2011 census | 3,018,854[10][11] (134th) | ||||
- | Density | 101.5/km2 (99th) 262.9/sq mi |
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GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate | |||||
- | Total | $28,282 billion[12] | ||||
- | Per capita | $9,456[12] | ||||
GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate | |||||
- | Total | $11,548 billion[12] | ||||
- | Per capita | $3,861[12] | ||||
Gini (2013) | 31.5[13] medium |
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HDI (2015) | 0.743[14] high · 84th |
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Time zone | AMT (UTC+4) | |||||
O otlela ka lehlakoreng | right | |||||
Calling code | +374 | |||||
Patron saint | St. Gregory | |||||
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Armenia ke naga lefasaneng la Europa, toropokgolo ya gona ke Yerevan.
E na le badudi ba 2,924,816.
However, the most easily identifiable ancestors of the later Armenian nation are the Urartians.
The ruler of the part known as Greater Armenia, Artaxias (Artashes), the founder of a new dynasty, managed to unite the country...
It was named for Artaxias, a general of Antiochus the Great, who founded the kingdom of Armenia about 190 B.C.