ARMENIA

Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked mountainous country in Eurasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, located in the Southern Caucasus. It shares borders with Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and the Nakhichevan enclave of Azerbaijan to the south. A former republic of the Soviet Union, Armenia is a unitary, multi-party, democratic nation-state and one of the oldest and most historic civilizations in the world with a rich cultural heritage, as well as the first nation to adopt Christianity as its official religion. Although Armenia is constitutionally a secular state, the Christian faith plays a major role in both its history and the identification of the Armenian people.

Location

Located in the southern Caucasus, it was the smallest of the former Soviet republics. It is bounded by Georgia on the north, by Azerbaijan on the east, on the south and west by Turkey and Iran. It is a land of rugged mountains and extinct volcanoes.

Capital

Yerevan

Population

3.8 million

Climate

highland continental, hot summers, cold winters

Language

American

Monetary Unit

Dram

Largest Cities

Yerevan, Kumairi (Formerly Leninakan), Vanadzor, Kirovakan.

Principal rivers

Araks, Zawga.

Places to Visit

Yerevan, Kumairi, Vanadzor, Kirovakan.

Air Ports

Yerevan International Air Port

National Anthem

Mer hayrenik‘, Azat Ankakh,
Vor aprel eh tareh tar,
Yoor vorik‘e ard kanchum eh
Azat, Ankakh Hayastan.

Aha‘, yeghpayr, kez mi drosh,
Vor im dzerkov gortsetsi,
Gishernere yes koon cheghah,
Artasukov lvatsi.

Nayir nran yerek guynov,
Nvirakan mer nshan,
Togh poghpoghi t‘shnamu dem,
Togh misht pandsah Hayastan.

Amenayn tegh mah‘e mi eh,
Mard mi angam pit merni,
Bayts yerani ovr yur azgi
Azatutyan k‘e zohvi.