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| Republic of Armenia Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani Hanrapetut’yun |
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| Anthem: Մեր Հայրենիք (Armenian) Mer Hayrenik (transcription) "Our Fatherland" |
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| Capital and largest city |  Yerevan40°11′N 44°31′E / 40.183°N 44.517°E | |||||
| Official languages | Armenian[1] | |||||
| Other language | Russian[2][3] | |||||
| Ethnic groups | 97.9% Armenian, 1.3% Yazidis, 0.5% Russian, 0.3% others.[4] |
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| Demonym | Armenian | |||||
| Government | Presidential republic[5] | |||||
| - | President | Serzh Sargsyan | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Hovik Abrahamyan | ||||
| - | Speaker | Hovik Abrahamyan | ||||
| Formation and independence | ||||||
| - | Democratic Republic of Armenia established | May 28, 1918 |
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| - | Independence from the Soviet Union Declared Recognised Finalised |
August 23, 1990 September 21, 1991 December 25, 1991 |
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| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 29,743 km2 (141st) 11,484 sq mi |
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| - | Water (%) | 4.71 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2008 estimate | 3,238,000[6] (135th) | ||||
| - | Density | 108.4/km2 (99th) 280.7/sq mi |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2009 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $16.057 billion[7] | ||||
| - | Per capita | $4,916[7] | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2009 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $8.683 billion[7] | ||||
| - | Per capita | $2,658[7] | ||||
| Gini (2003) | 33.8 medium |
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| HDI (2007) |  0.798Error: Invalid HDI value · 84rd |
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| ކަރަންސީ | Dram (դր.) (AMD) | |||||
| Time zone | UTC (UTC+4) | |||||
| - | Summer (DST) | DST (UTC+5) | ||||
| ޑްރައިވްސް | right | |||||
| Calling code | 374 | |||||
| ޕެޓްރޯން ސެއިންޓް | St. Bartholomew the Apostle, St. Gregory the Illuminator, St. Jude the Apostle, Virgin Mary | |||||
| އިންޓަރނެޓް ޓީއެލްޑީ | .am | |||||
މިއީ އޭޝިޔާގެ ގައުމެކެވެ.
- ↑ The Constitution of the Republic of Armenia, Article 12.
- ↑ "Ethnologue report for language code: hye". Ethnologue.com. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ↑ "Problems of Bilingualism in Armenia" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-01-25. : "In 1999 the decision of the Government of Armenia that the Russian language would be used in the system of education and cultural and social life of the Republic of Armenia was approved and adopted. This decision contained the concept about a place and role of the Russian language in the system of education."
- ↑ Asatryan, Garnik; Arakelova, Victoria (Yerevan 2002). The Ethnic Minorities in Armenia. Part of the OSCE
- ↑ The Constitution of the Republic of Armenia, Article 55.
- ↑ "Statistical Yearbook of Armenia, 2009: Population" (PDF). ArmStat. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Armenia". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 2009-10-01.