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Official Name:
Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun
short form: Hayastan
int'l long form: Republic of Armenia
int'l short form: Armenia

ISO Country Code: am

Time:
Local Time = UTC +4h
Actual Time: Tue-Oct-24  17:42
Daylight Saving Time (DST+5h) 28 March - 31 October

Country Calling Code: +374

Capital City: Yerevan (pop. 1.2 million)

Other Cities:
Gyumri (pop. 121 000), Vanadzor (pop. 74 000) and Abovian (pop. 54 000),
Echmiadzin (seat of the patriarchate of the Armenian Apostolic Church).

Government:
Type: Republic with a presidential governing system.
Head of state: President
Constitution: Approved in 1995 referendum. (Text of the Constitution in PDF format)
Independence: (from Turkey, the then declining Ottoman Empire) 1918; First Armenian Republic .
21 September 1991 (from the Soviet Union).

Geography:
Location: Asia, in the southern Caucasus.
Total area: 29,800 km² (11,490 square miles)
Terrain: Rugged mountains and extinct volcanoes, one-third of the country is pastureland, forest and woodland cover 12 percent.

Climate:
Continetal, with lower temperatures and more precipitation in higher elevations. In central plateau temperature varies widely with cold winters and hot summers.

People:
Nationality: Armenian(s).
Population: 3.0 million (2015)
Ethnic groups: Armenian 98%; Yezidi 1.2%; Russian, Greek, and other 0.8%.
Religion: Armenian Apostolic Church (more than 90% nominally affiliated).
Languages: Armenian (Hayeren) 96%, Russian, other.
Literacy: 99%.

Natural resources: Small deposits of gold, copper, molybdenum, zinc, alumina.

Agriculture products: Fruit (especially grapes), vegetables; livestock.

Industries: Diamond-processing, metal-cutting machine tools, forging-pressing machines, electric motors, tires, knitted wear, hosiery, shoes, silk fabric, chemicals, trucks, instruments, microelectronics, jewelry manufacturing, software development, food processing, brandy.
Exports - partners: Russia 15.2%, China 11.1%, Germany 9.8%, Iraq 8.8%, Georgia 7.8%, Canada 7.6%, Bulgaria 5.3%, Iran 5.3% (2015)

Imports - partners: Russia 29.1%, China 9.7%, Germany 6.2%, Iran 6.1%, Italy 4.6%, Turkey 4.2% (2015)

Currency: Dram (AMD)