Armenia

Republic of Armenia Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն (Armenian) Hayastani Hanrapetut’yun
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Anthem: Մեր Հայրենիք Mer Hayrenik ("Our Fatherland")

Capital and largest city	Yerevan 40°11′N44°31′E / 40.183°N 44.517°E / 40.183; 44.517Coordinates: 40°11′N44°31′E / 40.183°N 44.517°E / 40.183; 44.517
Official languages	Armenian^[1]
Ethnic groups (2011)	98.1% Armenians 1.2% Yazidis 0.4% Russians 0.3% other^[2]^[3]
Religion	Christianity (Armenian Apostolic Church)^[4]
Demonym(s)	Armenian
Government	Unitary parliamentaryrepublic

• President	Armen Sarksyan
• Prime Minister	Nikol Pashinyan
• President of the National Assembly	Alen Simonyan

Legislature	National Assembly
Establishment

• Orontid dynasty	6th century BC
• Artaxiad dynasty^[5]^[6]	190 BC
• Arsacid dynasty	52–428
• Bagratid Armenia	885–1045
• Kingdom of Cilicia	1198–1375
• Republic of Armenia	22 April 1918
• Soviet conquest	29 November 1920
• Independence restored	23 September 1991
• CIS Accession	21 December 1991
• Admitted to the United Nations	2 March 1992
• Current constitution	5 July 1995

Area
• Total	29,743 km² (11,484 sq mi) (138th)
• Water (%)	4.71^[7]
Population
• Q1 2021 estimate	2,963,900 ^[8] (137th)
• 2011 census	3,018,854 ^[9]^[10]
• Density	101.5/km² (262.9/sq mi) (99th)
GDP (PPP)	2019 estimate
• Total	$32.893 billion^[11]
• Per capita	$10,995^[11]
GDP (nominal)	2019 estimate
• Total	$13.444 billion^[11] (127th)
• Per capita	$4,527^[11] (104th)
Gini (2019)	29.9^[12] low
HDI (2019)	0.776^[13] high · 81st
Currency	Dram (֏) (AMD)
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+374
ISO 3166 code	AM
Internet TLD	.am .հայ

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