Armenia

Republic of Armenia
Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն
Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun
Motto: Մեկ Ազգ, Մեկ Մշակույթ
Mek Azg, Mek Mshakuyt
"One Nation, One Culture"
Anthem: Մեր Հայրենիք
Mer Hayrenik
"Our Fatherland"
Location of Armenia (green)
Location of Armenia (green)
Capital
and largest city
Yerevan
40°11′N 44°31′E / 40.183°N 44.517°E / 40.183; 44.517
State languageArmenian[1]
Ethnic groups
(2011)
Religion
(2011)
Demonym(s)Armenian
GovernmentUnitary parliamentary republic
• President
Vahagn Khachaturyan
• Prime Minister
Nikol Pashinyan
• President of the National Assembly
Alan Simonyan
LegislatureNational Assembly
Establishment history
• Patriarch Hayk
2492 BC
• Kingdom of Urartu
860 BC–590 BC
• Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)
321 BC–428 AD
• Kingdom of Armenia (medieval)
885–1045
1198–1375
• First Republic of Armenia
28 May 1918
• Soviet conquest
29 November 1920
• Indepence restored
23 September 1991
• CIS Accesion
21 December 1991
• Admitted to the United Nations
2 March 1992
• Current constitution
5 July 1995
Area
• Total
29,743[3] km2 (11,484 sq mi) (147th)
• Land
28,203[4] km2 (10,889 sq mi)
• Water
1,540[5] km2 (590 sq mi)
Population
• CIA 2022 estimate
3,000,756[6] (138th)
• 2011 census
3,018,854
• Density
101.5/km2 (262.9/sq mi) (99th)
GDP (PPP)2021 estimate
• Total
$43.550 billion[7]
• Per capita
$14,701[7]
GDP (nominal)2021 estimate
• Total
$13.612 billion[7] (127th)
• Per capita
$4,595[7] (104th)
Gini (2019)Positive decrease 29.9
low
HDI (2019)Increase 0.776
high · 81st
CurrencyDram (֏) (AMD)
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)
Driving sideright
Calling code+374
ISO 3166 codeAM
Internet TLD

Armenia (Armenian: Հայաստան, romanized: Hayastān), officially the Republic of Armenia,[a] is a landlocked country located in the Armenian Highlands, spanning Eastern Europe and Western Asia.[8][9][10][11]

  1. Constitution of the Republic of Armenia,
    Article 20:

    The state language of the Republic of Armenia shall be the Armenian language.

  2. According to the 2011 Armenian census, the total population of the country is 3,018,854, and the Armenian population is 2,961,514. This means that 98.1% of the population is Armenian. Others make up the remaining 1.9% (57,340) population.
  3. "Armenia". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (United States).
  4. "Armenia". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (United States).
  5. "Armenia". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (United States).
  6. "Armenia". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (United States).
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "World Economic Outlook Database, October 2021". IMF.org. International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  8. The UN classification of world regions Archived 25 June 2002 at the Wayback Machine places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook "Armenia". The World Factbook. CIA. Retrieved 2 September 2010. "Armenia". National Geographic. Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 16 April 2009., "Armenia". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 1 April 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2009., Calendario Atlante De Agostini (in Italian) (111 ed.). Novara: Istituto Geografico De Agostini. 2015. p. sub voce. ISBN 9788851124908. and Oxford Reference Online "Oxford Reference". World Encyclopedia. Oxford Reference Online. 2004. doi:10.1093/acref/9780199546091.001.0001. ISBN 9780199546091. also place Armenia in Asia.
  9. "Armenia Country Overview | World Health Organization". www.who.int. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  10. "Armenia". Nations Online. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  11. "Council of Europe Office in Yerevan - Council of Europe Office in Yerevan - www.coe.int". Council of Europe Office in Yerevan. Retrieved 2023-07-07.


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