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GeographyCountry name: Republic of Armenia (local: Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun). Capital: Yerevan. Government type: republic. Constitution adopted by nationwide referendum 5 July 1995. Independence: 21 September 1991 (from Soviet Union). Administrative divisions: 11 provinces (marzer, singular - marz); Aragatsotn, Ararat, Armavir, Geghark'unik', Kotayk', Lorri, Shirak, Syunik', Tavush, Vayots' Dzor, Yerevan. Terrain: Armenian Highland with mountains; little forest land; fast flowing rivers; good soil in Aras River valley. landlocked in the Lesser Caucasus Mountains; Sevana Lich (Lake Sevan) is the largest lake in this mountain range Total area: 29,800 kmē. Highest point: Aragats Lerrnagagat' 4,090 m (lowest point: Debed River 400 m). Climate: highland continental, hot summers, cold winters. |
GeographyCountry name: Republic of Armenia (local: Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun). Capital: Yerevan. Government type: republic. Constitution adopted by nationwide referendum 5 July 1995. Independence: 21 September 1991 (from Soviet Union). Administrative divisions: 11 provinces (marzer, singular - marz); Aragatsotn, Ararat, Armavir, Geghark'unik', Kotayk', Lorri, Shirak, Syunik', Tavush, Vayots' Dzor, Yerevan. Terrain: Armenian Highland with mountains; little forest land; fast flowing rivers; good soil in Aras River valley. landlocked in the Lesser Caucasus Mountains; Sevana Lich (Lake Sevan) is the largest lake in this mountain range Total area: 29,800 kmē. Highest point: Aragats Lerrnagagat' 4,090 m (lowest point: Debed River 400 m). Climate: highland continental, hot summers, cold winters. |
GeographyCountry name: Republic of Armenia (local: Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun). Capital: Yerevan. Government type: republic. Constitution adopted by nationwide referendum 5 July 1995. Independence: 21 September 1991 (from Soviet Union). Administrative divisions: 11 provinces (marzer, singular - marz); Aragatsotn, Ararat, Armavir, Geghark'unik', Kotayk', Lorri, Shirak, Syunik', Tavush, Vayots' Dzor, Yerevan. Terrain: Armenian Highland with mountains; little forest land; fast flowing rivers; good soil in Aras River valley. landlocked in the Lesser Caucasus Mountains; Sevana Lich (Lake Sevan) is the largest lake in this mountain range Total area: 29,800 kmē. Highest point: Aragats Lerrnagagat' 4,090 m (lowest point: Debed River 400 m). Climate: highland continental, hot summers, cold winters. |
GeographyCountry name: Republic of Armenia (local: Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun). Capital: Yerevan. Government type: republic. Constitution adopted by nationwide referendum 5 July 1995. Independence: 21 September 1991 (from Soviet Union). Administrative divisions: 11 provinces (marzer, singular - marz); Aragatsotn, Ararat, Armavir, Geghark'unik', Kotayk', Lorri, Shirak, Syunik', Tavush, Vayots' Dzor, Yerevan. Terrain: Armenian Highland with mountains; little forest land; fast flowing rivers; good soil in Aras River valley. landlocked in the Lesser Caucasus Mountains; Sevana Lich (Lake Sevan) is the largest lake in this mountain range Total area: 29,800 kmē. Highest point: Aragats Lerrnagagat' 4,090 m (lowest point: Debed River 400 m). Climate: highland continental, hot summers, cold winters. |
Armenia
prides itself on being the first nation to formally adopt Christianity (early
4th century). Despite periods of autonomy, over the centuries Armenia came under
the sway of various empires including the Roman, Byzantine, Arab, Persian, and
Ottoman. It was incorporated into Russia in 1828 and the USSR in 1920.
By May 1994, when a cease-fire took hold, Armenian forces held not only Nagorno-Karabakh but also a significant portion of Azerbaijan proper. The economies of both sides have been hurt by their inability to make substantial progress toward a peaceful resolution. Turkey imposed an economic blockade on Armenia and closed the common border because of the Armenian occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding areas.
Armenian leaders remain preoccupied by the long conflict with Muslim Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, a primarily Armenian-populated region, assigned to Soviet Azerbaijan in the 1920s by Moscow. Armenia and Azerbaijan began fighting over the area in 1988; the struggle escalated after both countries attained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
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