Armenia - Tourism and Travel

The Republic of Armenia is a landlocked, mountainous country in the southern part of the Lesser Caucasus Mountains, in southwest Asia.

The Lesser Caucasus range is a part of the Caucasus Mountains, fold mountains that formed about 65 million years ago.

Armenia has an area of 11,506 square miles (29,800 square kilometers).

The climate is continental.

3,083,000 people live in Armenia, one third of them in Yerevan, the capital.

98% of the people are Armenian and 1% are Yezidi.

Armenian is the official language. Russian and Azeri are also spoken.

88% of the people belong to the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church, and 6% belong to the Armenian Catholic Church.

Armenia exports diamonds, machinery and scrap metal.

Remittances from abroad make up a large part of foreign income.

Armenia's infrastructure has been devastated by earthquake and war. In 1988, 55,000 people in Armenia were killed in an earthquake.

Armenia has a parliamentary system of government.

It is a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Armenia and Azerbaijan have been fighting over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The official currency of Armenia is the dram, which equals 100 luma.