Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country located in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region; Yerevan is the capital and largest city. Armenia is a unitary, multi-party, democratic nation-state with an ancient cultural heritage. The first Armenian state of Urartu was established in 860 BC, and by the 6th century BC it was replaced by the Satrapy of Armenia. The Kingdom of Armenia reached its height under Tigranes the Great in the 1st century BC
Cities:
inhabitants
% pop
Area(km2)
Density
Yerevan
1.089.209
36,9
194
5.614
Gyumri
93.975
3,2
24
3.916
Vanadzor
54.726
1,9
15
3.648
Abovyan
50.556
1,7
0
0
Hrazdan
49.500
1,7
0
0
Vagharshapat / Ejmiatsin
47.989
1,6
0
0
Kapan
32.900
1,1
0
0
Masis
23.136
0,8
0
0
Artashat
22.800
0,8
0
0
Economy: The Armenian economy contracted sharply in 2020, by 5.7%, mainly due to the 2020 Armenia-Azerbaijan war. In contrast it grew by 7.6 per cent in 2019, the largest recorded growth since 2007, while between 2012 and 2018 GDP grew 40.7%, and key banking indicators like assets and credit exposures almost doubled. Until independence, Armenia's economy was based largely on industry—chemicals, electronic products, machinery, processed food, synthetic rubber and textiles
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