Hayastani Hanrapetutyun

English: Republic of Armenia

Armenia is a landlocked country in the southern Caucasus (Asia Minor). It borders in the north on Georgia, in the east on Azerbaijan, in the south on Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nachitschewan and in the west on Turkey.

Armenien Karte

Geography

Face: 29.800 km²
Inhabitant: 3.326.500 (status January 2005)
Density of population: 100 inhabitants per km²
Time zone: MEZ + 3 hours
Climate: ø January -5°C, in July 26°C

View over Yerevan, with the Ararat Mountain in the background

Armenia

Administration structure: 10 provinces and the capital Yerevan
Capital: Yerevan
Official language: Armenian
Currency: 1 Dram (ARD) = 100 Luma (Lm)
Form of government: Presidential republic
National holidays: 28.05. and 21.09.

Independence of the Soviet Union since the 21.09.1991

Landscape

Armenia is a distinctive mountain area - 90 % of the country area lies more than 1.000 m above sea-level. In the north, mountain ranges of the Small Caucasus - high over 3.000 m - extend.

Caucasus

The highest mountain is the extinct volcano Aragats (4.090 m).
The Sevan Sea, in the east of Yerevan, is the largest lake of Armenia with a surface of 1.417 km² and lies approx. 1.900 m above sea-level. The longest river of Armenia is Arax.

Situated in the subtropical zone, the climate of the valleys and foreland is characterized through dry, hot summers and cold winters.