Armenia: Great Place for travelers

Armenian pioneers stay distracted by the long struggle with Muslim Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, a principally Armenian-populated area, alloted to Soviet Azerbaijan during the 1920s by Moscow. Armenia and Azerbaijan started battling about the space in 1988; the battle heightened after the two nations achieved freedom from the Soviet Union in 1991.

Armenia values being the main country to officially take on Christianity (mid fourth century). Regardless of times of independence, throughout the long term Armenia went under the influence of different domains including the Roman, Byzantine, Arab, Persian, and Ottoman. It was consolidated into Russia in 1828 and the USSR in 1920.

By May 1994, when a truce grabbed hold, Armenian powers held Nagorno-Karabakh as well as a huge piece of Azerbaijan legitimate. The economies of the two sides have been harmed by their failure to gain generous headway toward a tranquil goal. Turkey forced a financial barricade on Armenia and shut the normal boundary in light of the Armenian control of Nagorno-Karabakh and encompassing regions.

Topography

Government: Republic

Armenia is situated in the southern Caucasus and is the littlest of the previous Soviet republics. It is limited by Georgia on the north, Azerbaijan on the east, Iran on the south, and Turkey on the west. Contemporary Armenia is a small amount of the size of old Armenia. A place where there is tough mountains and wiped out volcanoes, its most noteworthy point is Mount Aragats, 13,435 ft (4,095 m).

Executive: Andranik Markarian (2000)

President: Robert Kocharian (1998)

Region: 11,506 sq mi (29,800 sq km)

Populace (2004 est.): 2,991,360 (development rate: – 0.3%); (Armenian, 93%; others, Kurds, Ukrainians, and Russians); rate of birth: 11.4/1000; kid death rate: 24.2/1000; future: 71.2; thickness per sq mi: 260

Capital and biggest city: Yerevan, 1,462,700 (metro. region), 1,267,600 (city appropriate)

Other huge urban communities: Vanadzor, 147,400; Gyumri (Leninakan), 125,300; Abovian, 59,300

Financial unit: Dram

Language: Armenian 96%, Russian 2%, other 2%

Religion: Armenian Apostolic 94%, other Christian 4%, Yezidi 2%

Nationality/race: Armenian 93%, Russian 2%, Azeri 1%, other (generally Yezidi Kurds) 4% (2002).

Note: as of the finish of 1993, practically all Azeris had emigrated from Armenia