Information about Armenia
| Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani Hanrapetowt’yown Republic of Armenia | ||||||
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| Motto | ||||||
| Anthem Mer Hayrenik Our Fatherland | ||||||
| Capital (and largest city) | Yerevan1 | |||||
| Official languages | Armenian | |||||
| Demonym | Armenian | |||||
| Government | Unitary republic | |||||
| - | President | Robert Kocharyan | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Serzh Sargsyan | ||||
| Formation and independence | ||||||
| - | Traditional[1] | August 11 2492 BC | ||||
| - | Urartu under Aramu | 840s BC | ||||
| - | Tigranes Orontid | 560 BC | ||||
| - | Kingdom of Armenia formed | 190 BC | ||||
| - | Armenian Apostolic Church | 301 AD | ||||
| - | Democratic Republic of Armenia established | May 28 1918 | ||||
| - | Independence from the Soviet Union Declared Recognised Finalised | August 23 1990 September 21 1991 December 25 1991 | ||||
| - | Water (%) | 4.71 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2005 estimate | 3,215,8002 (136th3) | ||||
| - | 2001 census | 3,002,594 | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2005 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $14.17 billion (127th) | ||||
| - | Per capita | $4,270 (115th) | ||||
| Gini? (2003) | 33.8 (medium) | |||||
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| Currency | Dram (AMD) | |||||
| Time zone | UTC (UTC+4) | |||||
| - | Summer (DST) | DST (UTC+5) | ||||
| Internet TLD | .am | |||||
| Calling code | +374 | |||||
| 1 | Alternatively spelled "Erevan", "Jerevan", or "Erivan". | |||||
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References1. ^ date of the Battle of Dyutsaznamart of Khorenac‘i's History as calculated by Mikayel Chamchian (1784); see Razmik Panossian, The Armenians: From Kings And Priests to Merchants And Commissars, Columbia University Press (2006), ISBN 978-0231139267, p. 106.
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Armenian}}}
Writing system: Armenian alphabet
Official status
Official language of: Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh
Regulated by: National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
Language codes
ISO 639-1: hy
ISO 639-2: arm (B)
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There are various systems of romanization of the Armenian alphabet.
Armenian ա բ գ դ ե զ է ը թ ժ ի լ խ ծ կ հ ձ ղ ճ մ յ ն շ ո չ
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Armenian ա բ գ դ ե զ է ը թ ժ ի լ խ ծ կ հ ձ ղ ճ մ յ ն շ ո չ
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- For the Radiohead song, see "The National Anthem".
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"Mer Hayrenik" (Armenian script: "Մեր Հայրենիք"; English translation: "Our Fatherland") is the national anthem of Armenia.
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capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has a second meaning based on an alternative sense of "capital") is the center of government.
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Armenia is the only republic of the former Soviet Union that boasts a nearly-homogeneous population. It is also the second-most densely populated post-Soviet state after Moldova.
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Yerevan
Երեւա?
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Location of Yerevan in Armenia
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Established 782 BC
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Երեւա?
Flag
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Location of Yerevan in Armenia
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Country Armenia
Established 782 BC
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An official language is a language that is given a special legal status in the countries, states, and other territories. It is typically the language used in a nation's legislative bodies, though the law in many nations requires that government documents be produced in other
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Armenian}}}
Writing system: Armenian alphabet
Official status
Official language of: Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh
Regulated by: National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
Language codes
ISO 639-1: hy
ISO 639-2: arm (B)
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A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. In English, the name of a people's language is often the same as this word, e.g., the "French" (language or people).
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8 to 10 million[1]
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government is a body that has the power to make and the authority to enforce rules and laws within a civil, corporate, religious, academic, or other organization or group.[1]
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A unitary state is a state or country whose three organs of state are governed constitutionally as one single unit, with one constitutionally created legislature. The political power of government in such states may well be transferred to lower levels, to regionally or locally
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Armenia
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This article is part of the series:
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- Robert Kocharian
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Robert Sedraki Kocharyan (IPA: [ɾobɛɹtʼ sɛdɹɑk’i kʰotʃʰɑɹjɑn], Armenian:
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Armenia
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Serzh Sargsyan (Armenian Սերժ Սարգսյան, born on June 30, 1954 in Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh, is the current Prime Minister of Armenia.
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August 11 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.
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c. 2900 BC–2334 BC — Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period. c. 2500 BC — Scribal schools flourish throughout Sumer. c. 2500 BC — Cylinder seal from Sumer and its impression are made.
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Aramu or Arame was the first known king of Urartu. Living at the time of Shalmaneser III (ruled 859 BC-824 BC), Aram united the Nairi tribe against the threat of the Assyrian Empire. His capital at Arzashkun was captured by Shalmaneser.
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The Orontid Dynasty (in Armenian: Երվանդունիների թագավորություն) was the first known Armenian dynasty.
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The Kingdom of Armenia (or Greater Armenia) was an independent kingdom from 190 BC to 66 BC, and a client state of either the Roman or Persian empires until AD 428.Stretching from the Caspian to the Mediterranean Seas.
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Armenian Apostolic Church (Armenian: Հայ Առաքելական Եկեղեցի, Hay Arakelagan Yegeghetzi), sometimes called the Armenian Orthodox Church or the
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This article is about the year 301. For the U.S. area code, see Area code 301; for other uses, see 301 (number).
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The Democratic Republic of Armenia (DRA; Armenian: Դեմոկրատական Հայաստանի
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