Armenia

Republic of Armenia Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Մեկ Ազգ, Մեկ Մշակույթ Mek Azg, Mek Mshakuyt "One Nation, One Culture"
Anthem: Մեր Հայրենիք Mer Hayrenik "Our Fatherland"
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 language	Armenian[1]
Ethnic groups (2011)	98.1% Armenian 1.9% other.[2]
Religion (2011)	99.5% Christianity (Armenian Apostolic Church) 0.5% Yazidism
Demonym(s)	Armenian
Government	Unitary parliamentary republic
• President	Vahagn Khachaturyan
• Prime Minister	Nikol Pashinyan
• President of the National Assembly	Alan Simonyan
Legislature	National 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
• Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia	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)	29.9 low
HDI (2019)	0.776 high · 81st
Currency	Dram (֏) (AMD)
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+374
ISO 3166 code	AM
Internet TLD	.am .հայ

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.