Armenia Country Info - Asia

Description and Basic Information

Armenia with its capital Yerevan is located in Asia (Southwestern Asia, between Turkey (to the west) and Azerbaijan). It covers some 29,801 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Maryland) with 2,968,000 citizens. Armenian is the language used in Armenia. Georgia, Iran, Azerbaijan and Turkey are bordering countries.

Armenia (Armenian: Hayastan) is the only country remaining from 3,000 year old maps of Anatolia. It became the world’s first Christian country 1,707 years ago in 301 AD, and has a large Diaspora all over the world. As a former Soviet republic lying in the Caucasus region, straddling Asia and Europe, Armenia has an ancient and rich culture. Armenia is very easy to experience, thanks to very hospitable people. The many mountains and mountain valleys create a great number of micro climates, with scenery changing from arid to lush forest at the top of a mountain ridge.

Pictures from Capital (Yerevan)

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About Armenia

The landscape featuresArmenian Highland with mountains with little forest land, fast flowing rivers and good soil in Aras River valley. The average density of population is about 99 per km². The climate in Armenia can be described as highland continental, hot summers, cold winters. Potential threats by nature are occasionally severe earthquakes or droughts.

To reach someone in Armenia dial +374 prior to a number. There are 630,000 installed telephones. And there are 2,620,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".am". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz. The following list are the 11 regions/states in Armenia we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Armenian population grew at a rate of 0.02% (or by 475 citizens). With 24,980 deaths and 37,797 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 0.43%. -12,342 persons more in total emmigrated from the country than immigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Armenia: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

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Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.