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Armenia ( Armenian: Հայաստան Hayastan) is a landlocked country in southern Transcaucasia, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, Azerbaijan in the east and Iran and the Naxçivan exclave of Azerbaijan in the south. Armenia is a member of the Council of Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States and for centuries has been on the crossroads between East and West. The country is formally named the Republic of Armenia.
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| Official language: | Armenian | ||||
| Capital: - Population: - coordinates: | Yerevan 1,103,488 ( 2001) 40° 16' N, 44° 34' E | ||||
| Largest City: | Yerevan | ||||
| Head of State: | Robert Kocharian, President | ||||
| Head of Government: | Andranik Markaryan, Prime minister | ||||
| Area: - Total: - % water: | Ranked 138th 29,800 km˛ 4.7% | ||||
| Population: - Total: - Density | Ranked 128th 3,326,448 ( 2003 est) 112/km˛ | ||||
| Independence: | From Soviet Union September 23, 1991 | ||||
| Religions: | Armenian Apostolic ( Orthodox Christian) | ||||
| Currency: | Dram (AMD) = 100 louma | ||||
| Time zone: | UTC +4 ( DST +5) | ||||
| National anthem: | Mer Hayrenik ( Our Fatherland) | ||||
| Internet TLD: | .am | ||||
| Calling Code: | +374 | ||||
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