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The Armenian diaspora is a term used to describe the communities of Armenians
Armenians

The Armenians are a nation and ethnic group originating in the Caucasus and in the Armenian Highlands. A large concentration of them has remained there, especially in Armenia, but many of them are also scattered elsewhere throughout the world ....
 living outside of Armenia
Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....
 and Nagorno-Karabakh
Nagorno-Karabakh

Nagorno-Karabakh is a landlocked region in the Southern Caucasus, lying between Karabakh and Syunik Province and covering the southeastern range of the Lesser Caucasus mountains....
. Of the total Armenian population living worldwide (in 2004 estimated to be 9,000,000), only about 3,000,000 live in Armenia and about 130,000 in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Armenian diaspora population is estimated to be 8,000,000. (See chart of population breakdown by country). Only one-fifth of the world's Armenian population lives in the former Soviet republic of Armenia, and their pre-World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 homeland until the 1920s once covered five or six times that of present-day Armenia, including the eastern regions of Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
, parts of Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
 and Syria
Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
.

Armenians of the Middle East
Immediately after the Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide

The Armenian Genocide , also known as the Armenian Holocaust, the Armenian Massacres and, by Armenians, the Great Calamity —refers to the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian people population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I....
, the Armenians of the diaspora lived in refugee camp
Refugee camp

A refugee camp is a temporary camp built to receive refugees. Hundreds of thousands or even millions of people may live in any one single camp....
s in Lebanon
Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic , is a country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea....
, Syria
Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
 and elsewhere in the Middle East.






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The Armenian diaspora is a term used to describe the communities of Armenians
Armenians

The Armenians are a nation and ethnic group originating in the Caucasus and in the Armenian Highlands. A large concentration of them has remained there, especially in Armenia, but many of them are also scattered elsewhere throughout the world ....
 living outside of Armenia
Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....
 and Nagorno-Karabakh
Nagorno-Karabakh

Nagorno-Karabakh is a landlocked region in the Southern Caucasus, lying between Karabakh and Syunik Province and covering the southeastern range of the Lesser Caucasus mountains....
. Of the total Armenian population living worldwide (in 2004 estimated to be 9,000,000), only about 3,000,000 live in Armenia and about 130,000 in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Armenian diaspora population is estimated to be 8,000,000. (See chart of population breakdown by country). Only one-fifth of the world's Armenian population lives in the former Soviet republic of Armenia, and their pre-World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 homeland until the 1920s once covered five or six times that of present-day Armenia, including the eastern regions of Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
, parts of Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
 and Syria
Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
.

History


Although an Armenian diaspora
Diaspora

The term diaspora refers to the movement of any population sharing common ethnicity identity who were either forced to leave or voluntarily left their Settler territory, and became residents in areas often far removed from the former....
 existed since the Armenian loss of statehood in 1375 (when the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia

The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia was a state formed in the Middle Ages by Armenian refugees fleeing the Seljuk Turks invasion of Armenia. It was located on the Gulf of Iskenderun of the Mediterranean Sea in what is today southern Turkey....
 fell to the Mamelukes), it grew in size only after the Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide

The Armenian Genocide , also known as the Armenian Holocaust, the Armenian Massacres and, by Armenians, the Great Calamity —refers to the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian people population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I....
.

Although many Armenians perished, others managed to escape, and established themselves in various Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe is a term that applies to the geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the Europe. Throughout history and to a lesser extent today, parts of Eastern Europe has been distinguishable from Western Europe and other regions due to cultural, religious, economic, and historical reasons, even though there i...
an cities, such as Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
; Sochi
Sochi

Sochi is a Russian resort types of inhabited localities in Russia, situated in Krasnodar Krai just north of the southern Russian border. It sprawls along the shores of the Black Sea and against the background of the snow-capped peaks of the Caucasus Mountains....
, Russia; Odessa
Odessa

Odessa or Odesa is the Capital of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major port located on the shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 ....
, Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
; Sevastopol
Sevastopol

Sevastopol is a port in Ukraine, located on the Black Sea coast of the Crimea peninsula. It has a population of 342,451 . The city, formerly the home of the Soviet Union Black Sea Fleet, is now a Ukrainian naval base mutually used by the Ukrainian Navy and Russian Navy....
, Crimea
Crimea

Crimea or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea is an autonomous republic of Ukraine located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, occupying a peninsula of the same name....
 (Ukraine); Tbilisi
Tbilisi

Tbilisi , is the capital city and the largest city of Georgia , lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form Tpilisi and it was officially known as ?????? in Russian, until 1936....
, Georgia
Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
; Batumi
Batumi

Batumi is a seaside city on the Black Sea coast and Capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia . It has a population of 121,806 ....
, Georgia; Plovdiv
Plovdiv

Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia, with a population of 379,119. It is the administrative centre of Plovdiv Province in southern Bulgaria and three municipalities , as well as the largest and most important city in Northern Thrace and the wider international historical region of Thrace....
, Bulgaria
Bulgaria

The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....
.

Others emigrated to the The Balkans, such as Bulgaria
Bulgaria

The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....
 and Athens
Athens

Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
, Greece
Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
.

Yet others emigrated to Middle East
Middle East

File:GreaterMiddleEast1.pngThe Middle East is a region that spans southwestern Asia, western Asia, and northeastern Africa. It has no clear boundaries, often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East....
ern cities, such as and Aleppo
Aleppo

Aleppo is a city in northern Syria, capital of the Aleppo Governorate; the Governorate extends around the city for over 16,000 km? and has a population of 4,393,000, making it the largest Governorate in Syria by population....
, Syria
Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
 and Beirut
Beirut

Beirut is the Capital and largest city of Lebanon with a population of over 2.1 million as of 2007. Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's coastline with the Mediterranean sea, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport and also forms the Beirut District area, which consists of the city and its suburbs....
, Lebanon
Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic , is a country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea....
.

Armenians of the Middle East


Immediately after the Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide

The Armenian Genocide , also known as the Armenian Holocaust, the Armenian Massacres and, by Armenians, the Great Calamity —refers to the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian people population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I....
, the Armenians of the diaspora lived in refugee camp
Refugee camp

A refugee camp is a temporary camp built to receive refugees. Hundreds of thousands or even millions of people may live in any one single camp....
s in Lebanon
Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic , is a country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea....
, Syria
Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
 and elsewhere in the Middle East. Some emigrated to Greece
Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
 and further. However, as the financial situation of the refugee Armenians improved, the camps grew into towns, and these towns became cities.

This was the case of many of the Armenian-populated regions in Lebanon
Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic , is a country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea....
 like Anjar
Anjar, Lebanon

Anjar , also known as Haoush Mousa , is a town of Lebanon located in the Bekaa Valley. The population is about 2,400, consisting almost entirely of Armenians in Lebanon....
 and Bourj Hammoud
Bourj Hammoud

Bourj Hammoud is a suburb in east Beirut, Lebanon in the Matn District. The suburb is heavily populated by Armenians as it is where most survivors of the Armenian Genocide settled....
. In time, the Armenians organized themselves by building churches, schools, community centers, etc. Various political parties and benevolent unions, such as the Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Armenian Revolutionary Federation

The Armenian Revolutionary Federation is an Armenian people political party founded in Tbilisi in 1890 by Christapor Mikaelian, Stepan Zorian, and Simon Zavarian....
 (ARF or Dashnaktsutiun), the Social-Democrat Hunchakian party (Hunchak), Liberal Democratic (Ramgavar
Ramgavar Party

The Ramgavar party , or the Armenian Democratic Liberal party, is an Armenian political party in Armenia, Lebanon, USA, Canada and some other countries....
) Party and the Armenian General Benevolent Union
Armenian General Benevolent Union

The Armenian General Benevolent Union abbreviated as AGBU, is a non-profit Armenian organization. It was established in Cairo, Egypt in 1906....
 (AGBU), were established wherever there was a considerable number of Armenians.

Following the expansion of Pan-Arabism
Pan-Arabism

Pan-Arabism is a movement for unification among the peoples and countries of the Arab World, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Arabian Sea....
 in Egypt and Syria, Islamism
Islamism

Islamism is a set of Ideologies of parties holding that Islam is not only a religion but also a political system; that modern Muslims must Islamic fundamentalism, and unite politically....
 in Iran, and the Lebanese Civil War, tens of thousands of Armenians emigrated from the Middle East and established themselves in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
, USA, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 and Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
.

Some Armenians fought for Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
 in the army under Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the President of Iraq of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003.A leading member of the revolutionary Ba'ath Party, which espoused secular pan-Arabism, economic modernization, and Arab socialism, Saddam played a key role in the 1968 coup that brought the party to long-term power....
 in the 1980s Iran-Iraq war
Iran-Iraq War

The Iran?Iraq War, also known as the Imposed War and Holy Defense in Iran, and Saddam's Battle of al-Qadisiyyah in Iraq, and the First Persian Gulf War in the Arab world , was a war between the armed forces of Iraq and Iran lasting from September 1980 to August 1988....
, two countries known to have large Armenian communities until the 2000s. The Armenian community in Iraq has dwindled after the 2003 US invasion of Iraq and a scattering number of Armenians remain in east Asia. The Iranian Armenian community also shrank in size since the 1970s.

Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
 has a small Armenian community centered on the Armenian Quarter
Armenian Quarter

The Armenian Quarter is one of the four quarters of the Old City of Jerusalem. Although Armenians are Christians, the Armenian Quarter is distinct from the Christian Quarter....
 in Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
. A smaller community exists in Israel proper.

Cyprus
Cyprus

Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is an island country situated in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, east of Greece, west of Lebanon, Syria, and Israel, south of Turkey and north of Egypt....
 meanwhile has a small but vocal Armenian community, particularly in the southern portion of the island where the majority population is Greek-Cypriot and Orthodox Christian. During British administration, they were governed as part of the Greek-Cypriot population, and due to the current division of the island operate de facto in a similar fashion today. Like the Latins and the Lebanese Maronites, Armenian-Cypriots have special minority status in Cyprus and are exempt from the military, though some elements of the community have been vocal about removing this exemption. While the Armenian community is guaranteed a seat in the House of Parliament, it is possible that any future solution between the Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot populations might see the Armenian-Cypriot community take on a greater role in the power-sharing arrangement of the island, as they form the third-largest ethnic group and are considerably larger than others.

Armenians in Europe and the Americas

Several million Armenians settled in Western Europe
Western Europe

Western Europe refers to the countries in the western most half of Europe. This concept has had different meanings, political and cultural as well as geographical issues have influenced the area....
 (i.e. France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 and the Netherlands
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
) and in the Americas
Americas

The Americas are the region of the Western hemisphere that consists of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions....
 (North and South) as early as in the 1890s.

Following the expansion of Pan-Arabism
Pan-Arabism

Pan-Arabism is a movement for unification among the peoples and countries of the Arab World, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Arabian Sea....
 in Egypt and Syria, Islamism
Islamism

Islamism is a set of Ideologies of parties holding that Islam is not only a religion but also a political system; that modern Muslims must Islamic fundamentalism, and unite politically....
 in Iran, and the Lebanese Civil War, many Armenians emigrated from the Middle East and established themselves in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, and Brazil
Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
 where in the city of São Paulo
São Paulo

S?o Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, and along with Tokyo, Seoul and Mexico City is among the four largest metropolitan regions of the world....
 their district names a São Paulo Metro
São Paulo Metro

The S?o Paulo Metro is the city of S?o Paulo 's rapid transit system. The first of such systems in Brazil, it began operations in 1974. Although S?o Paulo is one of the largest cities in the world, with a population of 19 million , its metro system is relatively small when compared to its European or North American counterparts....
 underground train station, and elsewhere, where they founded lobbies to support the Republic of Armenia and extend the international recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide.

An estimated 10,000 Armenians are said to reside in Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
.

Armenians in the Soviet Era

Substantial Armenian communities also exist in the Russian Far East
Russian Far East

Russian Far East is a term that refers to the Russian part of the Far East, i.e., extreme east parts of Russia, between Siberia and the Pacific Ocean....
 as well as in the former Soviet republics
Post-Soviet states

The post-Soviet states, also commonly known as the former Soviet Union or former Soviet republics, are the 15 independent state that split off from the Soviet Union in its collapse of the Soviet Union in December 1991....
 of Central Asia
Central Asia

Central Asia is a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east, and from southern Russia in the north to northern India in the south....
. Some of these groups were encouraged to settle in the area by both Tsarist
Russian Empire

File:Russian Emperor Flag.jpgFile:Romanov Flag.svgThe Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917....
 and Soviet
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
 authorities while others had no choice but to come, being part of Stalin
Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1922 until his death in 1953....
's population deportations
Population transfer in the Soviet Union

Population transfer in the Soviet Union may be classified into the following broad categories: deportations of "anti-Soviet" categories of population, often classified as "enemies of workers", deportations of nationalities, labor force transfer, and organized migrations in opposite directions to fill the ethnic cleansing territories....
.

Other Diaspora Armenians

Armenian communities can also be found in India
Armenians in India

The association of Armenians with India and the presence of Armenians in India are very old, and there has been a mutual economic and cultural association of Armenians with India for the last several centuries....
, New Zealand, Sub-Saharan Africa (Sudan
Armenians in Sudan

There is an Armenian community in the Sudan . Most are concentrated in the Sudanese capital Khartoum.Sudan's Armenian community has its own church, the St....
, South Africa, and Ethiopia), and as far east as Singapore
Armenians in Singapore

The Armenians in Singapore, who numbered as many as 100 families at their peak in the 1880s, have now moved on or become part of the wider Singapore community....
, Burma and Hong Kong. Armenian exile communities even once thrived in China
Armenians in China

The first Armenians in China to live there were those who settled in Manchuria during the construction of the Chinese Eastern Railway , undertaken by Imperial Russia in 1898 and were few in number....
, Japan
Armenians in Japan

Armenians in Japan form one of the world's smaller Armenian diaspora communities. There are few ethnic Armenians living in Japan today; in the past, some small communities were established, but have since all but disappeared due to assimilation or re-migration....
 and the Philippines, but the status of Armenian culture in these countries has all but disappeared.

Political and religious conflicts

In the 1940s and 1950s, the Soviet Union was trying to extend its influence throughout the world, and especially in the Middle East. The Social-Democrat Henchagian party, being ideologically close to communism
Communism

Communism is a socioeconomic structure and political ideology that promotes the establishment of an egalitarianism, classlessness, stateless society based on common ownership and control of the means of production and property in general....
, supported the Soviet Union in its struggle to expand in the Middle East. Partisans of the AGBU, supposedly being politically neutral, also supported the Soviet Union, because Armenia was part of Soviet Union. The ARF, despite its socialist background was a nationalistic party, objected, as it propagated the idea of a free, independent, and united Armenia. As the ARF struggled to preserve the flag, coat of arms, and national anthem of the Independent Armenian Republic
Democratic Republic of Armenia

The Democratic Republic of Armenia , 1918?1920, was the first modern establishment of an Armenian republic. The collapse of the Imperial Russia with the Russian Revolution of 1917 gave chance to the Armenian Revolutionary Federation to create the new republic which the leadership and the 103 of delegates from former Romanov realm belonged t...
 of 1918-1922, others chose to support Soviet Armenia, seeing it as the only place in the world where Armenians could live safely as Armenians.

There was also a conflict between the leaders of the Armenian Apostolic Church
Armenian Apostolic Church

The Armenian Apostolic Church is the world's oldest national church and one of the most ancient Christianity communities.The official name of the church is the One Holy Universal Apostolic Orthodox Armenian Church ....
. Armenians had 2 Catholicoses
Catholicoses/Maphryonos of the East

In the early centuries the Christians in the Persian and the Roman Empires were subject to religious persecutions, so the Church spread its wings without the help of any of the imperial authorities....
. One of them was located in Echmiadzin
Echmiadzin

Etchmiadzin, also Echmiatsin, Echmiadzin, Ejmiatsin is the spiritual centre of Armenia and the seat of the Catholicos of All Armenians, the head of the Holy Armenian Apostolic Church....
, Armenia
Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....
 and was supported by the Soviet authorities and in the Armenian diaspora by the Hunchaks, the Ramgavars
Ramgavar Party

The Ramgavar party , or the Armenian Democratic Liberal party, is an Armenian political party in Armenia, Lebanon, USA, Canada and some other countries....
 and the Armenian communists, while the other was located in Antelias
Antelias

Antelias is a town in Lebanon. It is located around 5 km to the north of Beirut. Its inhabitants are mainly Christians and include Maronites, Greek Catholics, Greek Orthodox and Armenians ....
, Lebanon
Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic , is a country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea....
 and was supported by the Dashnaks
Armenian Revolutionary Federation

The Armenian Revolutionary Federation is an Armenian people political party founded in Tbilisi in 1890 by Christapor Mikaelian, Stepan Zorian, and Simon Zavarian....
, as they thought that the Catholicosate of Echmiadzin was a tool for propagation of communism. In the 1950s, during the climax of this conflict, there were armed clashes between partisans of the 2 "sides", and also assassination attempts, acts of desecration, etc.

Armenian Reconciliation in the Diaspora

Tensions eased out as in 1965, all the conflicting majour parties came together with joint communique and plan of action to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide

The Armenian Genocide , also known as the Armenian Holocaust, the Armenian Massacres and, by Armenians, the Great Calamity —refers to the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian people population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I....
 of 1915. They also agreed to set aside acrominious aspects between them specially in the highly politicized and partisan media of the time.

In 1975 the inter-Armenian relations became even closer as during the Lebanese Civil War
Lebanese Civil War

conflict=Lebanese Civil War |date=1984 - 1990|place=Lebanon|result=Taif Agreement|combatant1=|combatant2=|commander1=|commander2=|strength1=|strength2=...
, the Armenians had to stick together in a pact of "positive neutrality" in order to overcome opposing forces and keep the Armenians as far as possible away from the conflict between the Lebanese.

Armenians per country


Note: Most of this data is based on estimates. Many - especially in the United States - identify with multiple ethnics or cultures mostly being their decent and the country they are currently living in.

Armenian Statistical Service, 2001: 3,145,354

CIA
The World Factbook

The World Factbook is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with almanac-style information about the List of countries....
, July 2008:
2,906,245

97.9% of est. 2,968,586 people living in Armenia

2002: 1,130,491 3,000,000

US, 2000: 385,488

3noor project:1,000,000

Armenien Embassy in Canada : 1,000,000 1,500,000

Tore Kjeilein: 170,000

Language

Tore Kjeilein: 200,000

Encyclopedia of the Orient: 400,000

Tore Kjeilein:502,500

Religion500,000 Armenian Orthodox + 2,500 Armenian Catholics

3noor project: 250,000

bbc news, 12 October 2006:500,000

State Department for Statistics of Georgia, 2004: 248,900

CIA
The World Factbook

The World Factbook is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with almanac-style information about the List of countries....
, July 2008:
263,959

5.7% of est. 4,630,841 people living in Georgia

NationMaster.com:265,704

5.7% of est. 4,661,473 people living in Georgia

400,000

looklex Encyclopedia: 190,000

160,000 Armenian Orthodox + 30,000 Armenian Catholics

looklex Encyclopedia: 320,000



looklex Encyclopedia: 140,000

120,000 Armenian Orthodox + 20,000 Armenian Catholics

looklex Encyclopedia: 300,000



ArmeniaDiaspora.com: 130,000

National Statistical Service of Nagorno-Karabach Republic, 2005: 137,380

NationMaster.com: 119,424

According to NationMaster almost all Armenians in de jure Azerbaijan live in Nagorno-Karabakh and 1.5% of 7,961,619 people in Azerbaijan are Armenian

State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, 2001:99,900

ArmeniaDiaspora.com: 94,000

bolsohays.com:40,000 to 70,000

Hamshenis are not includedArmeniaDiaspora.com: 70,000

ArmeniaDiaspora.com:42,000

68,000

Canada's national statistical agency, 2001: 40,505

27,175 reported "Armenian" as their only ethnicy; 13,330 reported multiple ethnicies

Canada's national statistical agency, 2006:50,500

32,530 reported "Armenian" as their only ethnicy; 17,970 reported multiple ethnicies41,265 are more than 15 years old 120,000

1881: 466
Armenians per country
Rank Country or territory Centres of Armenian population (Capital italicized) Armenian population (official census) Population of Armenians (current estimates - most reliable/probable bold (used for sorting)) Dialect(s) spoken Country page of Armenian presence List of famous Armenians
1Armenia
Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....
The entire country   Eastern
Eastern Armenian language

Eastern Armenian is one of the two dialects of modern Armenian language . It is spoken in the Caucasus Mountains and by the Armenian community in Iran....
 
 
2Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
, North Caucasus
North Caucasus

The North Caucasus, also Ciscaucasus, Ciscaucasia or Forecaucasia, is the northern part of the Caucasus region between Europe and Asia....
 (mainly Krasnodar Krai
Krasnodar Krai

Krasnodar Krai is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia , located in the Southern Federal District....
), Vladivostok
Vladivostok

File:vladivostokrussia.jpgVladivostok is Russia's largest port types of inhabited localities in Russia on the Pacific Ocean and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai....
   both Armenians in Russia
Armenians in Russia

Armenians in Russia or Russian Armenians are ethnic Armenians who live in Russia. The 2002 Russian census recorded 1,130,491 Armenians in the country, but most probably did not take into account the Armenian guest workers, most of whom do not hold Russian citizenship....
List of Armenian-Russians
List of Armenian-Russians

This is a list of famous Armenians in Russia....
3United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
, Glendale
Glendale, California

Glendale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. It lies at the eastern end of the San Fernando Valley, is bisected by the Verdugo Mountains, and is a suburb in the Greater Los Angeles Area....
, Fresno
Fresno

Fresno is a Spanish language word for ash tree.It could refer to several places:Colombia* Fresno, TolimaSpain* Fresno, a ghost village in Nid?liga, Valle de Sedano, Burgos...
, Boston, Watertown
Watertown, Massachusetts

The Town of Watertown is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 32,986 at the 2000 census....
, Detroit, Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
, New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, Northern New Jersey
New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania....
, Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment....
   both Armenians in the United States
Armenian-American

An Armenian-American is an United States whose ancestors hail, either wholly or partly, from Armenia. There is an estimate of 1,500,000 Armenian-Americans in the United States....
List of Armenian Americans
List of Armenian Americans

This is a list of notable Armenian-Americans.'Armenian Americans are people who are born, raised or live in the United States who are of Armenian origin....
4Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
Tehran
Tehran

Tehran is the capital and largest city of Iran, and the administrative center of Tehran Province. Tehran is a sprawling city at the foot of the Alborz mountain range with an immense network of highways unparalleled in Western Asia....
, Isfahan (New Julfa
New Julfa

New Julfa is the Armenian quarter of Isfahan , Iran, located along the south bank of the river Zayandeh River.In 1606 it was established as an Armenian quarter by edict of Abbas_I_of_Persia, the influential shah from the Safavid dynasty....
 quarter), Tabriz
Tabriz

Tabriz is the largest city in northwestern Iran. It is situated north of the volcanic cone of Sahand, south of the Eynali mountain. It is the capital of East Azarbaijan Province....
, Urmia
Urmia

Urmia or Orumieh , is the capital of the West Azerbaijan Province, a district and a city located in northwestern Iran. It is situated on the western side of Lake Urmia near the Turkey border....
, Fereydan
Fereydan

,Fereydan is a county of the Isfahan Province, Iran.,...
/Peria, Bourvari
Bourvari

Bourvari is a collection of villages in Iran, between the city of Khomein and Aligoodarz .Bourvari was mainly populated by Armenians who were brought to the region by Abbas I of Persia of the Safavid dynasty in 1603 and 1604....
, Maku
Maku, Iran

Maku, is a town in the northwestern part of the West Azerbaijan province of Iran. It is situated 22 km from the Turkish border in a mountain gorge at an altitude of 1634 metres....
, Khoy
Khoy

Khoy , also spelt Khoi, Khuy, Khvoy and Xoy, is a city in West Azarbaijan Province, Iran. It is located north of the state capital, Urmia, and 807 km north-west to Tehran....
, Northern Iran
   Eastern
Eastern Armenian language

Eastern Armenian is one of the two dialects of modern Armenian language . It is spoken in the Caucasus Mountains and by the Armenian community in Iran....
Armenians in Iran List of Armenian-Iranians
List of Armenian-Iranians

This is a list of famous Armenians in Iran....
5France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, Marseille
Marseille

"Marseille" is the second-largest city of France and forms the third-largest aire urbaine, after those of Paris and Lyon, with a population recorded to be 1,516,340 at the 1999 census and estimated to be 1,605,000 in 2007....
, Lyon
Lyon

||-||}Lyon, also known as Lyons in English, is a city in east-central France. Its name is pronounced in French language and Franco-Proven?al language, and or in English language....
   both Armenians in France
Armenians in France

Armenians in France are ethnic Armenians living within the modern republic of France. Like much of the Armenian Diaspora, most Armenians immigrated to France after the Armenian Genocide of 1915....
List of Armenian-French people
List of Armenian-French people

This is a list of famous French people of Armenian descent.*Agop Terzan- astronaut*Alain Boghossian- footballer*Alain Manoukian- owner of Alain Manoukian...
6Georgia
Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
Tbilisi
Tbilisi

Tbilisi , is the capital city and the largest city of Georgia , lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form Tpilisi and it was officially known as ?????? in Russian, until 1936....
, Samtskhe-Javakheti
Samtskhe-Javakheti

Meskheti-Javakheti is a region in southern Georgia , with Akhaltsikhe as its capital. Samtskhe-Javakheti comprises six administrative districts: Akhaltsikhe, Adigeni, Aspindza, Borjomi, Akhalkalaki and Ninotsminda....
, Abkhazia
Abkhazia

Abkhazia is a disputed region on the eastern coast of the Black Sea. Since its declaration of independence from Georgia in 1991 during the Georgian?Abkhaz conflict, it is governed by the International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia Republic of Abkhazia....
   Eastern
Eastern Armenian language

Eastern Armenian is one of the two dialects of modern Armenian language . It is spoken in the Caucasus Mountains and by the Armenian community in Iran....
Armenians in Georgia
Armenians in Georgia

Armenians in Georgia are ethnic Armenians living within the country of Georgia . Armenians are the largest ethnic minority in Georgia at about 6% of the population....
, Armenians in Samtskhe-Javakheti
Armenians in Samtskhe-Javakheti

Armenians in Samtskhe-Javakheti are ethnic Armenians of Georgian nationality living within the current Republic of Georgia and live in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region, which borders the Armenia to the south and where ethnic Armenians form the great majority of the population with minority Georgians and populations of Pontian Greeks and others....
, Armenians in Abkhazia
Armenians in Abkhazia

The Armenians in Abkhazia form the second largest ethnic group in the region of Abkhazia after the Abkhaz people. Armenians settled in Abkhazia in late 19th and the early 20th centuries and are now the largest ethnic group in Gagra district, Sukhumi district and Gulripsh districts forming 20% of the Abkhazian population with 45,000 out of a t...
List of Famous Armenians in Georgia
Armenians in Georgia

Armenians in Georgia are ethnic Armenians living within the country of Georgia . Armenians are the largest ethnic minority in Georgia at about 6% of the population....
7Syria
Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
Damascus
Damascus

Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is List of oldest continuously inhabited cities and its current population is estimated at about 4,000,000....
, Aleppo
Aleppo

Aleppo is a city in northern Syria, capital of the Aleppo Governorate; the Governorate extends around the city for over 16,000 km? and has a population of 4,393,000, making it the largest Governorate in Syria by population....
, Kamishli
   Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Syria List of Syrian Armenians
List of Syrian Armenians

This is a listing of some famous Armenians in Syria...
8Lebanon
Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic , is a country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea....
Beirut
Beirut

Beirut is the Capital and largest city of Lebanon with a population of over 2.1 million as of 2007. Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's coastline with the Mediterranean sea, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport and also forms the Beirut District area, which consists of the city and its suburbs....
, Bourj Hammoud
Bourj Hammoud

Bourj Hammoud is a suburb in east Beirut, Lebanon in the Matn District. The suburb is heavily populated by Armenians as it is where most survivors of the Armenian Genocide settled....
, Anjar
Anjar, Lebanon

Anjar , also known as Haoush Mousa , is a town of Lebanon located in the Bekaa Valley. The population is about 2,400, consisting almost entirely of Armenians in Lebanon....
, Antelias
Antelias

Antelias is a town in Lebanon. It is located around 5 km to the north of Beirut. Its inhabitants are mainly Christians and include Maronites, Greek Catholics, Greek Orthodox and Armenians ....
   Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Lebanon List of Lebanese Armenians
List of Lebanese Armenians

This is a list of Lebanese-Armenians from Lebanon categorized by subject....
9Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the R?o de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent....
, Córdoba
Córdoba, Argentina

C?rdoba is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Punilla Valley on the Primero River, about northwest from Buenos Aires....
   Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Argentina
Armenians in Argentina

The Armenians in Argentina are ethnic Armenians who live in Argentina. In South America the largest population of Armenians is in Argentina where some 130,000 Armenians live ....
Notable Armenians in Argentina
Armenians in Argentina

The Armenians in Argentina are ethnic Armenians who live in Argentina. In South America the largest population of Armenians is in Argentina where some 130,000 Armenians live ....
10Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic

The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic or Artsakh Republic is a de facto independence republic located in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of the South Caucasus, about 270 kilometers west of the Azerbaijani capital of Baku and very close to the border with Armenia....
 (de jure part of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan , is the largest and most populous country in the South Caucasus, located partially in Eastern Europe and partially in Western Asia....
)
The entire country   Eastern
Eastern Armenian language

Eastern Armenian is one of the two dialects of modern Armenian language . It is spoken in the Caucasus Mountains and by the Armenian community in Iran....
Armenians in Azerbaijan
Armenians in Azerbaijan

Armenians in Azerbaijan are the Armenian people who lived in great numbers in Azerbaijan. According to the statistics, about 400,000 Armenians lived in Azerbaijan in 1989....
Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic

The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic or Artsakh Republic is a de facto independence republic located in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of the South Caucasus, about 270 kilometers west of the Azerbaijani capital of Baku and very close to the border with Armenia....
Famous Armenians from Azerbaijan
Armenians in Azerbaijan

Armenians in Azerbaijan are the Armenian people who lived in great numbers in Azerbaijan. According to the statistics, about 400,000 Armenians lived in Azerbaijan in 1989....
11Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
Kiev
Kiev

Kiev, also known as Kyiv , is the Capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River....
, Odessa
Odessa

Odessa or Odesa is the Capital of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major port located on the shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 ....
, Crimea
Crimea

Crimea or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea is an autonomous republic of Ukraine located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, occupying a peninsula of the same name....
, Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipropetrovsk

Dnipropetrovsk is Ukraine's third largest city with 1.1 million inhabitants. It is located southeast of Ukraine's capital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the south-central region of the country....
, Donetsk
Donetsk

Donetsk , is a large city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river. Administratively, it is a center of Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the economic and cultural Donets Basin region....
, Zaporizhzhia, Lviv
Lviv

Lviv is a major city in western Ukraine.It is regarded as one of the main Ukrainian culture. In 2001, it had 725,000 inhabitants, of whom 88 per cent were Ukrainians, 9 per cent Russians and 1 per cent Poles....
, Luhansk
Luhansk

Luhansk also known as Lugansk is a city in southeastern Ukraine. It is the Capital city of the Luhansk Oblast . The city itself is also designated as its own separate municipality within the oblast, and is part of the Donbass region....
, Kharkiv
Kharkiv

Kharkiv , or Kharkov is the second largest city in Ukraine.It was the first capital of Soviet Ukraine, now the Capital of the Kharkiv Oblast , as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Kharkiv Oblast within the oblast....
    Eastern
Eastern Armenian language

Eastern Armenian is one of the two dialects of modern Armenian language . It is spoken in the Caucasus Mountains and by the Armenian community in Iran....
Armenians in Ukraine
Armenians in Ukraine

Armenians in Ukraine are ethnic Armenians who live in Ukraine. They number 99,894 according to the 2001 Ukrainian census. However, the country is also host to a number of Armenian guest workers which has yet to be ascertained....
 
12Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
Gliwice
Gliwice

Gliwice is an industrial city in southern Poland with 200,361 inhabitants on the Klodnica River, about 20 km to the west from Katowice.Gliwice is one of the main centers of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union, the largest legally-recognized urban entity in Poland, with the population of the greater metropolitan area of 3,487,000....
, Gdansk
Gdansk

Gdansk is the city at the centre of the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Poland. It is Poland's principal seaport as well as the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship....
, Kraków
Kraków

Krak?w , in English also spelled Krakow or Cracow , is one of the largest and oldest cities in Poland, with a population of 756,336 in 2007 ....
   both Armenians in Poland
Armenians in Poland

Armenians in Poland have an important and historical presence in Poland going back to many centuries. As a result of emigration after the collapse of the Soviet Union, thousands of Armenians came to Poland to look for the opportunity to better their life....
Notable Poles of Armenian descent
Armenians in Poland

Armenians in Poland have an important and historical presence in Poland going back to many centuries. As a result of emigration after the collapse of the Soviet Union, thousands of Armenians came to Poland to look for the opportunity to better their life....
13Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
Istanbul
Istanbul

Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, and List of cities proper by population in the world with a population of 12.6 million....
, with remaining communities in Vakifli and Sason
Sason

Sason is a district in the Batman Province of Turkey. It was formerly part of the sanjak of Siirt, which was in Diyarbakir vilayet until 1880 and in Bitlis vilayet in 1892....
 as well as Hamshenis
Hamshenis

The Hemshin Peoples are a number of diverse groups of people who in the past history or present have been affiliated with the Hemsin area which is in Turkey eastern Black Sea Region, Turkey....
 who have retained their Armenian dialect (Homshetsi) in the Artvin Province
Artvin Province

Artvin is a Provinces of Turkey in Turkey, on the Black Sea coast in the north-eastern corner of the country, on the border with Georgia .The provincial capital is the city of Artvin....
.
   Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Turkey
Armenians in Turkey

Armenians in Turkey have an estimated population of 40,000 to 70,000. Most are concentrated around Istanbul. The Armenians support their own newspapers and schools....
List of Armenian Patriarchs of Constantinople
List of Armenian Patriarchs of Constantinople

The list of Armenian Patriarchs of Constantinople presents the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople from the date it was established.* Hovakim I of Constantinople ...
15Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan , is a Landlocked_country#Doubly_landlocked_country country in Central Asia, formerly part of the Soviet Union....
    Eastern
Eastern Armenian language

Eastern Armenian is one of the two dialects of modern Armenian language . It is spoken in the Caucasus Mountains and by the Armenian community in Iran....
Armenians in Uzbekistan
Armenians in Uzbekistan

Armenians in Uzbekistan refers to ethnic Armenians living in Uzbekistan. They number around 70,000.The Armenians live mainly in Tashkent. During the Armenian Genocide many Armenians fled through Azerbaijan to Uzbekistan for safety in the Russian empire....
16Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
Berlin
Berlin

Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
, Köln, Mannheim
Mannheim

Mannheim is a city in Germany. With 327,318 inhabitants it is the second-largest city in the state of Baden-W?rttemberg after the capital Stuttgart....
, Hamburg
Hamburg

Hamburg is the second-largest city in Germany , and is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits. The city is home to approximately 1.8 million people, while the Hamburg metropolitan area has more than 4.3 million inhabitants....
, Hanau
Hanau

Hanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt....
   both Armenians in Germany
Armenians in Germany

Armenians in Germany are ethnic Armenians living within the modern republic of Germany. Like much of the Armenian Diaspora, most Armenians immigrated to Germany after the Armenian Genocide of 1915....
17Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
Montreal
Montreal

Montreal, or Montr?al, is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada of Quebec and the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population....
, Laval
Laval, Quebec

Laval is a city and a list of Quebec regions in southwestern Quebec, Canada. With a population of 368,709 in Canada 2006 Census,, it is the second largest city in Greater Montreal, and the third largest in the province of Quebec....
, Toronto
Toronto

Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
, Cambridge
Cambridge, Ontario

Cambridge is a city located on the Grand River and Speed River in the Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.History...
, Vancouver
Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest city in British Columbia and the second largest metropolitan area in the Pacific Northwest region....
    both Armenians in Canada
Canadians of Armenian descent

The Canada 2001 Census determined that there were 40,505 Canadians of Armenian ancestry and 27,350 had Armenian as their mother tongue. A large part of the Armenian diaspora in Canada came from Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Iran, Turkey etc....
List of Armenian Canadians
List of Armenian Canadians

This is a list of notable Armenians in Canada...
18Greece
Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
Athens
Athens

Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
, Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki , Thessalonica, or Salonica is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country in Greece and the capital of Macedonia , the nation's largest Regions of Greece....
, Piraeus
Piraeus

Piraeus is a city in the periphery of Attica, Greece, and a municipality within Athens urban area, located 10 km southwest of its center....
  35,000 (estimates to 55,000) both Armenians in Greece
Armenians in Greece

The Armenians in Greece are Greek people citizens of Armenians descent. There has been an Armenian presence in Greece for centuries when Armenians, for various reasons, left Armenia and settled in the wider area of Thessalia, Macedonia and Thrace....
19Brazil
Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
Greater São Paulo
Greater São Paulo

The Greater S?o Paulo is a nonspecific term for the large metropolitan area located in the S?o Paulo States of Brazil in Brazil....
 area
  40,000 (there are estimates up to 80,000) Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Brazil
Armenian Brazilian

Armenian Brazilian is a Brazilian person of full, partial, or predominantly Armenian ancestry, or a Armenian-born person immigrant in Brazil....
20Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
Melbourne
Melbourne

Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....
, Sydney
Sydney

Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
  45,000 to 60,000 both Armenians in Australia Notable Armenian Australians
-Abkhazia
Abkhazia

Abkhazia is a disputed region on the eastern coast of the Black Sea. Since its declaration of independence from Georgia in 1991 during the Georgian?Abkhaz conflict, it is governed by the International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia Republic of Abkhazia....
 (de jure part of  Georgia
Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
)
Sukhumi
Sukhumi district

Sukhumi district is a district of the Republic of Abkhazia.It corresponds to the eponymous Administrative divisions of Georgia . Its capital is Sukhumi, the town by the same name, which is also the capital of entire Abkhazia....
, Gagra
Gagra district

Gagra district is a district of the Republic of Abkhazia. It corresponds to the Administrative_divisions_of_Georgia_%28country%29 by the same name....
 and Gulripsh district
Gulripsh district

Gulripsh district is a district of the partly recognised Republic of Abkhazia, de jure part of Georgia . Its capital is Gulripsh, the town by the same name....
s
44,869 (2003 census)  Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Abkhazia
Armenians in Abkhazia

The Armenians in Abkhazia form the second largest ethnic group in the region of Abkhazia after the Abkhaz people. Armenians settled in Abkhazia in late 19th and the early 20th centuries and are now the largest ethnic group in Gagra district, Sukhumi district and Gulripsh districts forming 20% of the Abkhazian population with 45,000 out of a t...
21Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
Madrid
Madrid

Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
, Barcelona
Barcelona

Barcelona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008, while the population of the Metropolitan Area was 3,161,081....
, Seville
Seville

||-||}Seville is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of Andalusia and of the province of Seville ....
, Valencia
  Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Spain
Armenians in Spain

Armenians in Spain refers to ethnic Armenians living in Spain. They number around 40,000. Armenians entered Spain after Armenian Genocide and also Iranian Revolution, the latter as Iranian Armenians....
22Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan is a Turkic peoples country in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic ....
   30,000-44,000 Eastern
Eastern Armenian language

Eastern Armenian is one of the two dialects of modern Armenian language . It is spoken in the Caucasus Mountains and by the Armenian community in Iran....
Armenians in Turkmenistan
Armenians in Turkmenistan

Armenians in Turkmenistan number anywhere from 30,000 to 34,000. Their history can be traced back to the Soviet days, particularly after World War II, when Armenian Diaspora, encouraged to settle in the Armenian SSR were dispersed by the government across the Soviet Union....
23Afghanistan
Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country that is located approximately in the center of Asia....
Fayzabad, Mazari Sharif, Maymana, Herat
Herat

Herat , classically called the Aria, is a city in western Afghanistan, in the province also known as Herat province. It is situated in the valley of the Hari River, Afghanistan, which flows from the mountains of central Afghanistan to the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan....
  35,000 Eastern
Eastern Armenian language

Eastern Armenian is one of the two dialects of modern Armenian language . It is spoken in the Caucasus Mountains and by the Armenian community in Iran....
Armenians in Afghanistan
24Bulgaria
Bulgaria

The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....
Sofia
Sofia

Sofia , is the Capital and largest city of the Bulgaria, with 2,5 million people living in the Capital Municipality. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of the mountain massif Vitosha, and is the administrative, cultural, economic, and educational centre of the country....
, Plovdiv
Plovdiv

Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia, with a population of 379,119. It is the administrative centre of Plovdiv Province in southern Bulgaria and three municipalities , as well as the largest and most important city in Northern Thrace and the wider international historical region of Thrace....
  both Armenians in Bulgaria
Armenians in Bulgaria

Armenians are the fourth largest minority in Bulgaria, numbering 10,832 according to the 2001 census, while Armenian organizations estimate up to 22,000....
25Belarus
Belarus

Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north....
   25,000 Eastern
Eastern Armenian language

Eastern Armenian is one of the two dialects of modern Armenian language . It is spoken in the Caucasus Mountains and by the Armenian community in Iran....
Armenians in Belarus
Armenians in Belarus

Armenians in Belarus refers to ethnic Armenians living in Belarus. They number around 25,000 and mainly live in Minsk....
26Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan, also Kazakstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a large Eurasian country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the List of countries by area as well as the world's largest landlocked country, it has a territory of 2,727,300 km? ....
   Eastern
Eastern Armenian language

Eastern Armenian is one of the two dialects of modern Armenian language . It is spoken in the Caucasus Mountains and by the Armenian community in Iran....
Armenians in Kazakhstan
Armenians in Kazakhstan

Armenians in Kazakhstan are ethnic Armenians living in the Republic of Kazakhstan. There are an estimated 25,000 Armenians living within the country today....
27Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
Baghdad
Baghdad

Baghdad is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous. With a municipal population estimated at 6.5 million, it is the largest city in Iraq, and the second largest city in the Arab World....
, Mosul
Mosul

Mosul is a city in northern Iraq and the capital of the Ninawa Governorate, some 400 km northwest of Baghdad. The original city stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial areas on both banks, with five bridges linkin...
, Zakho
Zakho

Zakho is a district and a town in northern Iraq, located a few kilometers from the Iraqi-Turkey border. Zakho has served as a checkpoint for many decades....
, Basra
Basra

Al-Ba?rah is the capital of Basra Province, and had an estimated population of 1,052,200 as of 2003. Basra is also Iraq's main port. The city is the historic location of Sumer, the home of Sinbad the Sailor, and a proposed location of the Garden of Eden....
, Avzrog
Avzrog

Avzrog is a village in the Iraqi province of Dahuk Governorate. The village is split into two areas: one populated by Armenians and the other by Assyrians....
, Kirkuk
Kirkuk

Kirkuk , Kurdish language:????????, , , , is a city in Iraq and capital of Kirkuk Governorate.It is located at 35.47?N, 44.41?E, in the Iraqi Governorates of Iraq of Kirkuk Governorate, 250 kilometres north of the capital, Baghdad....
.
  Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Iraq
Armenians in Iraq

Iraqi Armenians comprise a small ethnic minority in Iraq, with most living in the capital city of Baghdad. It is estimated that there are about 20,000 Armenians living in the entire country with communities in Bagdad, Mosul, Basra, Kirkuk and Dohuk....
List of Notable Armenian-Iraqis
28Uruguay
Uruguay

Uruguay is a country located in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to 3.46 million people, of whom 1.7 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area....
   Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Uruguay
Armenians in Uruguay

Armenians in Uruguay is about the Armenians living in Uruguay numbering around 19,000. The Armenian community in Uruguay is considered one of the oldest in South America....
29United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, Manchester
Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. Manchester was granted City status in the United Kingdom in 1853....
  both Armenians in the United Kingdom
Armenian British

Armenian Britons are citizens or Non-Citizens of the United Kingdom who are of Armenians Descent. There has been sporadic emigration from Armenia to the UK since the 18th century, with the biggest influx coming after the World War II....
List of notable British-Armenians
Armenian British

Armenian Britons are citizens or Non-Citizens of the United Kingdom who are of Armenians Descent. There has been sporadic emigration from Armenia to the UK since the 18th century, with the biggest influx coming after the World War II....
30Hungary
Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
Budapest
Budapest

Budapest is the Capitals of Hungary of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it serves as the country's principal political, cultural, commerce, Industry, and transportation center and is considered an important hub in Central Europe....
 and Pest county
  15,000 to 30,000 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Hungary
Armenians in Hungary

Armenians in Hungary are ethnic Armenians living in the modern republic of Hungary. An estimated15,000 to 3,500 live in the nation today, making up roughly 0.01% of the population....
31Czech Republic
Czech Republic

The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....
   Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in the Czech Republic
Armenians in the Czech Republic

Armenians in the Czech Republic are ethnic Armenians living in the modern Czech Republic. The current Armenian population is unofficially estimated as being around 12,000....
32Serbia
Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country in Central Europe and Balkans Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central part of the Balkans....
   10,000 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in the Serbia
33Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....

Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
 (Armenian Quarter
Armenian Quarter

The Armenian Quarter is one of the four quarters of the Old City of Jerusalem. Although Armenians are Christians, the Armenian Quarter is distinct from the Christian Quarter....
)
  Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Israel
Armenians in Israel

Armenians in Israel are Armenianss with Israeli citizenship. There are around one thousand Israeli-Armenians with Israeli citizenship, residing mainly in Jerusalem , Tel Aviv Jaffa and Haifa....
34Egypt
Egypt

Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
Cairo
Cairo

Cairo , which means "the triumphant", is the Cairo and largest city of Egypt.It is the most populous metropolitan area in Egypt and is also one of the most populous in the world....
, Alexandria
Alexandria

Alexandria , with a population of 4.1 million, is the second-largest city in Egypt, and is the country's largest seaport, serving about 80% of Egypt's imports and exports....
  Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Egypt List of Egyptian Armenians
List of Egyptian Armenians

A list of notable Egyptian Armenians who have contributed to modern Egypt:...
35Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
Stockholm
Stockholm

is the capital and largest city of Sweden. It is the site of the national Swedish Government of Sweden, the Parliament of Sweden, and the official residence of the Swedish Monarchy of Sweden....
, Uppsala
Uppsala

Uppsala is the capital of Uppsala County and the fourth largest Cities of Sweden of Sweden with 128,409 inhabitants.Located about 70 km north of the capital Stockholm, it is also the seat of the Uppsala municipality ....
  both Armenians in Sweden
Armenians in Sweden

Swedish-Armenians are Armenians living in Sweden. The number of Armenians is around 8,000 and they come mainly from countries in the Middle East....
36Moldova
Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and south....
   Eastern
Eastern Armenian language

Eastern Armenian is one of the two dialects of modern Armenian language . It is spoken in the Caucasus Mountains and by the Armenian community in Iran....
Armenians in Moldova
Armenians in Moldova

Armenians in Moldova are ethnic Armenians living in Moldova. They represent the fourth largest ethnic group after the Moldovans, ethnic Russians and ethnic Ukrainians....
37Netherlands
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
Amsterdam
Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the Capital of the Netherlands and List of cities in the Netherlands with over 100,000 people of the Netherlands, located in the Provinces of the Netherlands of North Holland in the west of the country....
, Dordrecht
Dordrecht

Media:Nl-Dordrecht.ogg , in English Dort and in the local dialect Dordt, is a city and municipality in the Netherlands province of South Holland, the third largest city of the province....
, The Hague
The Hague

The Hague is the third largest city in the Netherlands after Amsterdam and Rotterdam, with a population of 475,904 and an area of approximately 100 km?....
, Leiden
Leiden

Media:Nl-Leiden.ogg is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands and has 118,000 inhabitants. It forms a single urban area with Oegstgeest, Leiderdorp, Voorschoten, Valkenburg, Rijnsburg and Katwijk, with 254,000 inhabitants....
, Rotterdam
Rotterdam

Rotterdam ; city and municipality in the Netherlands province of South Holland, situated in the west of the Netherlands. The municipality is the List of cities in the Netherlands with over 100,000 people in the country, with a population of 584,046 on 1 January 2007 and comprises the southern part of the Randstad, the List of metropolitan are...
  6,000 to 10,000 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in the Netherlands
Armenians in the Netherlands

Armenian-Dutch are citizens of the Netherlands of Armenians ancestry. The exact number of Armenians in the country is unknown, since the Dutch Immigration Office only offers data on country of origin....
38Tajikistan
Tajikistan

Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and People's Republic of China to the east....
   Eastern
Eastern Armenian language

Eastern Armenian is one of the two dialects of modern Armenian language . It is spoken in the Caucasus Mountains and by the Armenian community in Iran....
Armenians in Tajikistan
Armenians in Tajikistan

Armenians in Tajikistan refers to ethnic Armenians living in Tajikistan. They number around 6,000.The Armenians live mainly in Dushanbe...
39Latvia
Latvia

Latvia The Latvians are a Baltic peoples culturally related to the Estonians and Lithuanians, with the Latvian language having many similarities with Lithuanian language, but not with the Estonian language....
   Eastern
Eastern Armenian language

Eastern Armenian is one of the two dialects of modern Armenian language . It is spoken in the Caucasus Mountains and by the Armenian community in Iran....
Armenians in Latvia
Armenians in Latvia

Armenians in Latvia refers to ethnic Armenians living in Latvia. They number around 5,000 according to armeniandiaspora.com and around 3,000 according to Latvian statistics....
40Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
Zurich  Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Switzerland
Armenians in Switzerland

Swiss-Armenians are citizens of Switzerland of Armenians ancestry. The exact number of Armenians in the country is unknown, but it is unofficially estimated that about 5,000 Armenians live in Switzerland....
41Kuwait
Kuwait

The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed by Saudi Arabia to the south and Iraq to the north and west....
   Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Kuwait
Armenians in Kuwait

The Armenians in Kuwait are people of Armenian people descent living in Kuwait. None of the Armenians in Kuwait can acquire the Kuwaiti citizenship....
-Jordan
Jordan

Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern part of the Syrian Desert down to the Gulf of Aqaba....
Amman
Amman

Amman , sometimes spelled Ammann , is the Capital city of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, a city of 2,525,000 inhabitants , and the administrative capital and commercial center of Jordan....
  Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Jordan
Armenians in Jordan

Armenians in Jordan are ethnic Armenians living within the current Kingdom of Jordan. There are an estimated 5,000 Armenians living within the country today,....
42Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a country in Central Asia. Landlocked and mountainous, it is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and People's Republic of China to the east....
   Eastern
Eastern Armenian language

Eastern Armenian is one of the two dialects of modern Armenian language . It is spoken in the Caucasus Mountains and by the Armenian community in Iran....
Armenians in Kyrgyzstan
Armenians in Kyrgyzstan

Armenians in Kyrgyzstan refers to ethnic Armenians living in Kyrgyzstan. They number around 3,500.The Armenians live mainly in Bishkek...
43United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven states situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman and Saudi Arabia....
Dubai
Dubai

Dubai is one of the seven Emirates of the United Arab Emirates and the most populous city of the United Arab Emirates . It is located along the southern coast of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula....
, Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi is the capital city and second most populous city in the United Arab Emirates , after Dubai. It is also the seat of government of the emirate of Abu Dhabi , which is ruled by Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan – the current ruling Emir of the UAE....
  Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in the United Arab Emirates
Armenians in the United Arab Emirates

Armenians in United Arab Emirates refers to ethnic Armenians living in the United Arab Emirates. They number around 3,000.The Armenians live mainly in Dubai and Abu Dhabi...
44Denmark
Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
Aarhus
Aarhus

Aarhus also commonly known by its contemporary Danish language spelling ?rhus, is the second largest city and the principal port of Denmark, situated on the peninsula of Jutland....
, Copenhagen
Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban area with a population of 1,153,615 . Copenhagen is situated on the Islands of Zealand and Amager....
, Odense
Odense

The city of Odense is the third largest city in Denmark. The name Odense comes from the Norse god Odin.Odense city has 158,163 inhabitants, as of January 1, 2008 and is the main city of the island of Funen....
  4,300 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Denmark
Armenians in Denmark

The Armenian community in Denmark numbers around 3,000 people. They make up the population of refugees from Armenia, and also some from Iran and Iraq....
45Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
   3,000 to more of 7,000 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Austria
Armenians in Austria

Armenians in Austria refers to ethnic Armenians living in Austria. They number around 3,000 and mainly live in Vienna. There is also the very important presence of the Mekhitarist Order in Vienna that plays a majour role in the country as well as worldwide....
46Nicaragua
Nicaragua

Nicaragua officially the Republic of Nicaragua , is a representative democracy republic. It is the largest state in Central America with an area of 130,000 km2, about the size of the state of New York....
   2,907 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Nicaragua
47Cyprus
Cyprus

Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is an island country situated in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, east of Greece, west of Lebanon, Syria, and Israel, south of Turkey and north of Egypt....
Nicosia
Nicosia

Nicosia, known locally as Lefkosia , is the capital and largest city of Cyprus. It is located at . Located on the River Pedieos and situated almost in the centre of the island, it is the seat of government as well as the main business centre....
, Limassol
Limassol

Limassol or Lemesos is the second-largest city on Cyprus, with a population of 176,900 , the largest city in geographical size, and the biggest municipality on the island....
 and Larnaca
Larnaca

Larnaca, is a city of the Cyprus#Government situated on the southern coast of Cyprus. The island's largest airport, Larnaca International Airport is located on the outskirts of the city....
Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Cyprus
Armenians in Cyprus

The Armenians in Cyprus are ethnic Armenians living in Cyprus. Armenians maintain a notable presence of about 2000 in Cyprus, mostly centered in Nicosia, but also with communities in Limassol and Larnaca....
48Venezuela
Venezuela

Venezuela , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a country on the northern coast of South America.The country comprises a continental mainland and numerous islands located off the Venezuelan coastline in the Caribbean Sea....
   Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Venezuela
49Lithuania
Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....
   2,736 Eastern
Eastern Armenian language

Eastern Armenian is one of the two dialects of modern Armenian language . It is spoken in the Caucasus Mountains and by the Armenian community in Iran....
Armenians in Lithuania
Armenians in Lithuania

Armenians in Lithuania refers to ethnic Armenians living in Lithuania. They number around 2,500.The Armenians live mainly in Vilnius...
50Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
Milan
Milan

Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy....
, Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
, Venice
Venice

Venice is a city in northern Italy, the capital city of the Italian regions Veneto, a population of 271,251 . Together with Padua, Italy, the city is included in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area ....
  2,500 to 4,000 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Italy
Armenians in Italy

Armenians in Italy covers the Armenians who live in Italy. There are currently 2,500 Armenians in Italy mainly residing in Milan, Rome and Venice....
51Estonia
Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Finland across the Gulf of Finland, to the west by Sweden across the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by the Russia ....
   2,300 Eastern
Eastern Armenian language

Eastern Armenian is one of the two dialects of modern Armenian language . It is spoken in the Caucasus Mountains and by the Armenian community in Iran....
Armenians in Estonia
Armenians in Estonia

Armenians in Estonia refers to ethnic Armenians living in Estonia. They number around 2,000.The Armenians live mainly in Tallinn...
52Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
   1,780 to 3,000 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Romania
Armenians in Romania

Armenians have been present in what is now Romania and Republic of Moldova for over a millennium, and have been an important presence as traders since the 14th century....
List of Notable Romanians of Armenian Descent
53Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
   1,000-2,000 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Norway
54Finland
Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
   1,000-2,000 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Finland
55Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
   1,000 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Chile
56Sudan
Sudan

Sudan is a country in northeastern Africa. It is the largest in the African continent and the Arab World, and List of countries and outlying territories by total area by area....
   1,000-1,500 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Sudan
Armenians in Sudan

There is an Armenian community in the Sudan . Most are concentrated in the Sudanese capital Khartoum.Sudan's Armenian community has its own church, the St....
57Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
   1,000 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Thailand
58Honduras
Honduras

Honduras is a democratic republic in Central America. It was formerly known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras ....
   900 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Honduras
59New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
   600-1,000 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in New Zealand
60Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
Guadalajara
Guadalajara, Jalisco

Guadalajara is the capital city of the Mexico state of Jalisco, and the seat of the municipality of Guadalajara. The city is located in the central region of the state and in the western-Pacific area of Mexico....
, Puebla
Puebla

Puebla is a Political divisions of Mexico located in the center east of the country, to the east of Mexico City.The state of Puebla borders the states of Veracruz to the east, Hidalgo , Mexico State, Tlaxcala, and Morelos to the west, and Guerrero and Oaxaca to the south....
, Tijuana
Tijuana

Tijuana , is the largest city of the Mexican state of Baja California, situated on the United States?Mexico border adjacent to its sister city of San Diego, California....
  560 (there are estimates up to 15,000) Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Mexico
61Albania
Albania

Albania , officially the Republic of Albania , is a country in Balkans. It is bordered by Greece to the south-east, Montenegro to the north, Kosovo to the northeast, and the Republic of Macedonia to the east....
Tirana
Tirana

Tirana is the Capital and largest city of the Republic of Albania. It was founded in 1614 by Sulejman Pasha and became Albania's capital city in 1920....
, Durrës
Durrës

File:Teuta, Illyrian Queen of Durres.jpgDurr?s is the second largest city of Albania. It is the most ancient and one of the most economically important cities of Albania....
  576 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Albania
Armenians in Albania

Armenians in Albania are ethnic Armenians living in Albania. Most of the Armenians living in Albania have been there since the Soviet Union era....
62India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
Kolkata
Kolkata

, Indian renaming controversy , is the Capital of the Indian States and territories of India of West Bengal. It is located in East India on the east bank of the River Hooghly....
  500 to 900 both Armenians in India
Armenians in India

The association of Armenians with India and the presence of Armenians in India are very old, and there has been a mutual economic and cultural association of Armenians with India for the last several centuries....
63Myanmar
Myanmar

Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar, is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia, or Indochina. The country is bordered by the People's Republic of China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, and the Bay of Bengal to the southwest with...
Mandalay
Mandalay

Mandalay is the second largest city and the last royal capital of Myanmar. Located north of Yangon on the east bank of the Ayeyarwady River, the city has a population of nearly 1 million, and is the capital of Mandalay Division....
, Yangon
Yangon

Yangon is the largest city and a former capital of Burma. It is the capital of Yangon Division. Although the State Peace and Development Council has officially relocated the capital to Naypyidaw since March 2006, Yangon, with a population of four million, continues to be the country's largest city and the most important commercial center....
   both Armenians in Burma
Armenians in Burma

The first Armenians in Burma arrived in 1612, and dwelt in Thanlyin, the first tombstone being dated 1725. They were merchants....
64Qatar
Qatar

Qatar , officially the State of Qatar , is an Arab emirate in Southwest Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the larger Arabian Peninsula....
   400 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Qatar
Armenians in Qatar

Ethnic Armenians in Qatar number between 400 and 500 and live mainly in the capital Doha.Many Armenians originating from Lebanon, Syria and other Arab countries were attracted by the economic opportunities provided by Qatar, and they came to Qatar for jobs....
65Colombia
Colombia

Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....
   400–500? Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Colombia
66Monaco
Monaco

Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a small sovereign city-state located in South Western Europe . The territory lies on the northern coast of the Mediterranean Sea....
   400 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Monaco
67Peru
Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
Lima
Lima

Lima is the Capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chill?n River, R?mac River and Lur?n River rivers, on a coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean....
, Arequipa
Arequipa

Arequipa is the capital of the Arequipa Region in southern Peru. With a population of 1,000,291 it is the List of 20 largest cities in Peru of the country....
  200-250? Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Peru
68South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
   200-400? Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in South Africa
69Pakistan
Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
   200 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Pakistan
Armenians in Pakistan

The Armenians in Pakistan are ethnic Armenians living in the country now called Pakistan, historically part of the Indian subcontinent....
70Cuba
Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is a country in the Caribbean. It consists of the island of Cuba , the island of Isla de la Juventud, and several adjacent small islands....
   165 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Cuba
71Ethiopia
Ethiopia

Ethiopia , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country situated in the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia is bordered by Eritrea to the north, Sudan to the west, Kenya to the south, Somalia to the east and Djibouti to the northeast....
   100 to 300 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Ethiopia
Ethiopian Armenians

Armenians in Ethiopia refers to ethnic Armenians living in Ethiopia. The Armenian community is very small indeed.The Armenians live mainly in the capital Adis Ababa....
72Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
   30-60Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Japan
Armenians in Japan

Armenians in Japan form one of the world's smaller Armenian diaspora communities. There are few ethnic Armenians living in Japan today; in the past, some small communities were established, but have since all but disappeared due to assimilation or re-migration....
73Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are List of divided islands, Saint Martin being the other....
   72 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in the Dominican Republic
74Bahrain
Bahrain

The Kingdom of Bahrain, in , , literally Kingdom of the Two Seas).Bahrain is an Arabic island country in the Persian Gulf ruled by the Al Khalifa regime....
   74 to 120 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Bahrain
Armenians in Bahrain

Armenians in Bahrain refers to ethnic Armenians living in the Kingdom of Bahrain. They number around 50.The Armenians live mainly in the capital Manama....
75Ireland
Republic of Ireland

Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
   76 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Ireland
76Costa Rica
Costa Rica

Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the east and south, the Pacific Ocean to the west and south and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
   78 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Costa Rica
77Singapore
Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country microstate located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands....
   80 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Singapore
Armenians in Singapore

The Armenians in Singapore, who numbered as many as 100 families at their peak in the 1880s, have now moved on or become part of the wider Singapore community....
78Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe , is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the continent of Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo River rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east....
   82 to 230 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Zimbabwe
79Indonesia
Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
   84 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Indonesia
Armenians in Indonesia

Many Armenians merchants from Amsterdam went to Southeast Asia in the 1800s to trade, and to set up factories and plantations. Armenian merchants settled in parts of Java, then part of the Dutch East Indies, as did Armenians moving east from the Persian Empire, establishing a community of Armenians in Java....
80Slovakia
Slovakia

Slovakia . It was amended in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president and again in February 2001 due to EU admission requirements....
   78 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Slovakia
81Bangladesh
Bangladesh

, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a country in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south....
   50-80 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Bangladesh
Armenians in Bangladesh

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82Guatemala
Guatemala

Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize and the Caribbean to the northeast, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast....
   Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Guatemala
83Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire

, formerly Ivory Coast, officially the , is a country in West Africa. The government officially discourages the use of the name Ivory Coast in English, preferring the French name to be used in all languages ....
   Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Côte d'Ivoire
84Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
   Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Hong Kong
85China
People's Republic of China

The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
   Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in China
Armenians in China

The first Armenians in China to live there were those who settled in Manchuria during the construction of the Chinese Eastern Railway , undertaken by Imperial Russia in 1898 and were few in number....
86Ghana
Ghana

The Republic of Ghana is a country in West Africa. It borders C?te d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south....
   15 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Ghana
87Senegal
Senegal

Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country south of the S?n?gal River in West Africa. Senegal is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, and Guinea and Guinea-Bissau to the south....
   15 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Senegal
88Luxembourg
Luxembourg

Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a small landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany....
   10 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Luxembourg
89Vietnam
Vietnam

Vietnam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam , is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by People's Republic of China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east....
   8 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Vietnam
90South Korea
South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
   Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in South Korea
91Zambia
Zambia

The Republic of Zambia is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....
   Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Zambia
92Philippines
Philippines

The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
   8-30 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in the Philippines
93Swaziland
Swaziland

The Kingdom of Swaziland is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered to the north, south, and west by South Africa, and to the east by Mozambique....
   8 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Swaziland
94Bolivia
Bolivia

The Republic of Bolivia , named after Sim?n Bol?var, is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil on the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina on the south, and Chile and Peru on the west....
   12 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Bolivia
95Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is a Autonomy Territories of the United States of the United States located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands....
  7   Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Puerto Rico
96   5 Western
Western Armenian language

Western Armenian is one of the two modern dialects of Armenian language, an Indo-European languages spoken by the Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran....
Armenians in Bahamas


See also

  • List of Armenians
    List of Armenians

    Below are lists of prominent people of Armenians descent....


External links

  • Armenian Memorial dedicated to the victims of 1915 - Recording and referencing of the Names by area - Contact between the descendants


Armenian Diaspora Political Organizations