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Armenia
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40° N / 45° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Yerevan
- Population
- 3,033,500 2024
- Area
- 29,743 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- Armenian
- Currency
- Armenian dram (AMD)
- Geography
- Landlocked
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Armenia
Armenia (Armenian: Հայաստան Hayastan) is a landlocked country in the Caucasus. Once the centre of an empire, this former Soviet republic straddles the line between Europe and Asia. Armenia has a rich, ancient history, and it is most famously known for being the first country in the world to adopt Christianity as the state religion.
Landscape & landmarks
Armenia lies at the root of the Christian faith, as it is known as the first country that was evangelized by two of Jesus' own disciples. Today, there is still a wealth of religious heritage to see. Beautiful churches and monasteries are omnipresent, and some are up to 1700 years old. A few of the most important ones are listed on Unesco's World Heritage list.Read the see section ↗
Food & everyday culture
Ttu lavash – flat thin sheets of dried fruit, often made from plum, apricot or sour cherriesRead the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-08-02. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Western Asia
- Calling code
- +374
- Internet domain
- .am
- Land border codes
- AZE, GEO, IRN, TUR
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .am. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.