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Coordinates: 40°N 45°E / 40°N 45°E / 40; 45 Armenia i tiko ra Axiya.

Republic of Armenia
Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն
Hayastani Hanrapetut’yun  (Armenian)
Flag of Armenia
Flag
Coat of arms of Armenia
Coat of arms
Anthem: 
Մեր Հայրենիք
Mer Hayrenik
"Our Fatherland"
Location of Armenia
Location of Armenia
Ntsindza-doroba Yerevan
40°11′N 44°31′E / 40.183°N 44.517°E / 40.183; 44.517
Tindzimi-Ximfumo Armenian[1]
Ethnic groups (2011)
Religion Armenian Apostolic Church[4]
Demonym Armenian
Government Unitary parliamentary republic
Armen Sarkissian
Nikol Pashinyan
Ara Babloyan
Legislature National Assembly
Formation and independence
• Traditional date
2492 BC
1500–1290 BC
14th century–1190 BC
860–590 BC
6th century BC
190 BC[9]
52–428
885–1045
1198–1375

28 May 1918
21 September 1991
Area
• Total
29,743 km2 (11,484 sq mi) (138th)
• Water (%)
4.71[10]
Population
• 2016 estimate
2,924,816[11]
• 2011 census
Decrease 3,018,854[12][13] (134th)
• Density
101.5/km2 (262.9/sq mi) (99th)
GDP (PPP) 2017 estimate
• Total
$28,282 billion[14]
• Per capita

$9,456[14]

   
GDP (nominal) 2017 estimate
• Total
$11,548 billion[14]
• Per capita
$3,861[14]
Gini (2013) 31.5[15]
medium
HDI (2015) Increase 0.743[16]
high · 84th
Currency Dram (֏) (AMD)
Time zone AMT (UTC+4)
Drives on the right
Calling code +374
Patron saint St. Gregory
ISO 3166 code AM
Internet TLD



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  2. Asatryan, Garnik; Arakelova, Victoria (Yerevan 2002). The Ethnic Minorities in Armenia. Part of the OSCE. at WebCite (16 April 2010).
  3. Ministry of Culture of Armenia "The ethnic minorities in Armenia. Brief information" Archived 2017-10-10 at the Wayback Machine.. As per the most recent census in 2011. "National minority".
  4. "National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia - Official Web Site - parliament.am". www.parliament.am. 
  5. Lang, David Marshall. Armenia: Cradle of Civilization. London: Allen and Unwin, 1970, p. 114. ISBN 0-04-956007-7.
  6. Redgate, Anna Elizabeth. The Armenians. Cornwall: Blackwell, 1998, pp. 16–19, 23, 25, 26 (map), 30–32, 38, 43 ISBN 0-631-22037-2.
  7. Redgate, A. E. (2000). The Armenians (Reprint ed.). Oxford: Blackwell. p. 5. ISBN 0-631-22037-2. "However, the most easily identifiable ancestors of the later Armenian nation are the Urartians." 
  8. de Laet, Sigfried J.; Herrmann, Joachim, eds. (1996). History of Humanity: From the seventh century B.C. to the seventh century A.D. (1st ed.). London: Routledge. p. 128. ISBN 978-92-3-102812-0. "The ruler of the part known as Greater Armenia, Artaxias (Artashes), the founder of a new dynasty, managed to unite the country..." 
  9. Encyclopedia Americana: Ankara to Azusa. Scholastic Library Publishing. 2005. p. 393. "It was named for Artaxias, a general of Antiochus the Great, who founded the kingdom of Armenia about 190 B.C." 
  10. "The World Fact Book – Armenia". Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 19 July 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2010.  Unknown parameter |df= ignored (help)
  11. "World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision". ESA.UN.org (custom data acquired via website). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 10 September 2017. 
  12. "Statistical Service of Armenia". Armstat. Retrieved 20 February 2014. 
  13. "Armenia Population". countrymeters.info. 
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 "Report for Selected Countries and Subjects". World Economic Outlook Database, April 2018. Washington, D.C.: International Monetary Fund. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2018. 
  15. "Gini index". World Bank. Retrieved 12 May 2016. 
  16. "Human Development Report 2016". United Nations. 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2017.