The republic of Armenia occupies about 29,800 square kilometres and has a population of about 3 mln but there are more than 5mln Armernians all over the world. The population of the republic is mostly Armenian.Among other nations who live in Armenia are Rassians , Greeks, a small number of Ukrainians,Georgians ,Jews and so on.

Armenia lies in the northern part of the Armenian plateau between the Caucasus and Asia MInor ,in other words,it is located in the Transcaucasian region of Western Asia.In the north and east it borders upon the republics of Georgia and Azerbaijan, in the west and south upon Turkey and Iran.

Armenia is a mountainous country. The haighest mountain is Aragats. Some of the mountains are covered with green forests , and some with snow .The climate continental , It is cold in winter,and it is hot in summer.The republic has two big rivers .The Araks and the Hrazdan. There are also some lakes among which the longest is Sevan,.There are 20 towns in Armenia-Gumry, Vanadzor are the largest among them.

Armenia is one of the earliest sites of human civilization.Few countries claim , as armenia can , a history that has begun 3000 years ago and continues to the present.The tribes and states Nairi , Hayassa and espesially Urartu which existed on the Armenian state, Armenia becam the first Christian country in the history of the world in 301.

At the begining of the20 centuary Armenia suffered from extremely harsh treatment by its close neighbour Turkey when the west Armenians were massacred by the Turkish government in 1915.

On September 21,1991 Armenia proclimed independence.


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