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Official
Name: Republic of Armenia - Hayastany Hanrapetoutyun (Hayastan)
Capital
City: Yerevan
Major Cities: Gyumri, Vanadzor
Official Language: Armenian
Religion: Christian, Armenian
Apostolic Church
Currency Unit: Armenian
Dram, introduced in 1993.
Population: 3,002,000 (as
of 2001)
Ethnic Breakdown:Armenians
- 96%
Minorities: Russians, Yezidis,
Kurds, Assyrians, Greeks, Ukrainians, Jews and others
Natural Resources: Armenia
is rich in copper, iron, bauxite, molybdenum, gold, silver, lead and zinc.
Substantial deposits of pumice, marble, tufa, perlite, limestone, basalt
and salt also exist. Precious and semi-precious stones are abundant.
Territory: 29.74 thousand
square kilometers
Average Altitude Above Sea Level:
1,800 meters
Highest Mountain Peak: Aragats
(4,090 meters)
Geographic Coordinates:
in the South: 38o 50’ Northern Latitude; in the North: 41o
20’ Northern Latitude: in the West: 43o 30’ Eastern Longitude;
in the East: 46o 00’ Eastern Longitude
Neighboring
Countries: in the North: Georgia;in
the East: Azerbaijan; in the South: Iran; in
the South-West: Nakhijevan (Azerbaijan); in the West:
Turkey. |
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The
Anthem
"Mer Hayrenik" | download
Our Fatherland, free, independent,
That has lived for centuries,
Is now summoning its sons
To the free, independent Armenia.
Death
is the same everywhere,
A man dies but once,
Blessed is the one hat dies
For the freedom of his nation.
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HOLIDAYS
AND MEMORIAL DAYS IN RA |
| From
31 December until 6 January |
Christmas
Holidays from which non-working days are 31 December, 1, 2 January - New
Year and 6 January - Epiphany (Twelfth-day) |
| 28
January |
Army Day (non-working
day) |
| 8
March |
Woman's Day
(non-working day) |
| 1
April |
Satire and
Humour Day |
| 7
April |
Mother's and
Beauty Day |
| 24
April |
Memorial Day
for Genocide Victims (non-working day |
| 1
May |
Labour Day
(non-working day) |
| 8
May |
Yerkrapah's
Day (War-volunteers' Day) |
| 9
May |
Victory and
Peace Day (non-working day) |
| 28
May |
First Republic
Day (non-working day) |
| 1
June |
Children's
Rights Protection Day |
| 5
July |
Constitution
Day (non-working day) |
| 1
September |
Knowledge
and Literature Day |
| 21
September |
Independence
Day (non-working day) |
| 1st
Sunday in October |
Teacher's
Day |
| 7
December |
Memorial Day
for Earthquake Victims |
| 8
weeks before Easter Day, on Thursday |
Surb Vardanants
Day (Charity Day) |
| 64
days after Easter Day, on Sunday |
Holy Echmiadzin
Day |
HISTORICAL
INFORMATION |
| IV-III
thousand years B.C. |
origin of
forearmenian tribal unions on the territory of the Armenian Plateau. |
| 782
B.C. |
establishment
of Yerevan city. |
| VI-V
centuries B.C. |
completion
of the Armenian people's ethnic forming on the Armenian Plateau territory
and development of the Armenian language. |
| 189
B.C. |
formation
of independent Armenian state. |
| 301
A.D. |
official acceptance
by Armenia of Christianity as a state religion. |
| 405
A.D. |
creation by
Mesrop Mashtots of the Armenian Alphabet - the basis of written language. |
| 428
A.D. |
partition
of Armenia between Rome and Persia. |
| VII
century |
Armenia is
in the power of Arabs. |
| 884
A.D. |
liberation
of the northwestern part of Armenia and recovery of Armenian State system.
|
| 1080
- 1375 |
Armenian State
system established in Kilikia (Mediterranean area). |
| 1639 |
partition
of Armenia between Turkey (Western Armenia) and Persia (Eastern Armenia). |
| 1828 |
Eastern Armenia
joins Russia. |
| 1915 |
deportation
and genocide of Armenians in Western Armenia. |
| 1918 |
Armenian State
system recovery in Eastern Armenia - Declaration of the Republic of Armenia. |
| 1920 |
establishment
of the Soviet rule in Armenia. |
| 1922
- 1991 |
Armenia is
a part of the USSR. |
| 1991 |
collapse of
the USSR and declaration of Independence of the Republic of Armenia. |
| 1991 |
Armenia is
a founding member of the Commonwealth of Independent States. |
| 1992 |
Armenia is
a member of the U.N.O. |
| 1999 |
signing of
partnership agreement between Armenia and the European Union. |
| 2001 |
Armenia is
a full member of the Council of Europe. |
| 2002 |
Armenia enters
into the World Trade Organization (WTO). |
