English translation[23]
I
Մեր Հայրենիք, ազատ անկախ,
Որ ապրել է դարեդար
𝄆 Յուր[b] որդիքը արդ կանչում են
Ազատ, անկախ Հայաստան։ 𝄇
II
Ահա եղբայր քեզ մի դրոշ,
Որ իմ ձեռքով գործեցի
𝄆 Գիշերները ես քուն չեղա(յ),
Արտասուքով լվացի։ 𝄇
III
Նայիր նրան՝ երեք գոյնով,
Նուիրական մեր նշան
𝄆 Թող փողփողի թշնամու դեմ
Թող միշտ պանծայ Հայաստան։ 𝄇
IV
Ամենայն տեղ մահը մի է
Մարդ մի անգամ պիտ մեռնի,
𝄆 Բայց երանի՝ որ իւր ազգի
Ազատության կը զոհվի։ 𝄇
I
Mer Hayreniḱ, azat ankakh,
Vor aprel e daredar
𝄆 Yur vordiḱə ard kanchum en
Azat, ankakh Hayastan. 𝄇
II
Aha yeghbayr ḱez mi drosh,
Vor im dzerrḱov gortzetsi
𝄆 Gishernerə yes ḱun chegha(y),
Artasuḱov lvatsi. 𝄇
III
Nayir nran yereḱ guynov,
Nvirakan mer nshan
𝄆 T́ogh ṕoghṕoghi t́shnamu dem
T́ogh misht pantza Hayastan. 𝄇
IV
Amenayn tegh mahə mi e
Mard mi angam pit merrni,
𝄆 Bayts yerani, vor yur azgi
Azatut́yan kzohvi. 𝄇
1
[mɛɾ hɑj.ɾɛ.ˈnikʰ | ɑ.ˈzɑt ɑŋ.ˈkɑχ |]
[vɔɾ ɑ.ˈpɾɛl ɛ dɑ.ɾɛ.ˈdɑɾ ‖]
𝄆 [juɾ vɔɾ.ˈdi.kʰə ɑɾd kɑn.ˈt͡ʃʰum ɛn |]
[ɑ.ˈzɑt ɑŋ.ˈkɑχ hɑ.jɑ.ˈstɑn ‖] 𝄇
2
[ɑ.ˈhɑ jɛʁ.ˈbɑjɾ | kʰɛz mi də.ˈɾɔʃ |]
[vɔɾ im d͡zɛr.ˈkʰɔv gɔɾ.t͡sɛ.ˈt͡sʰi ‖]
𝄆 [gi.ʃɛɾ.ˈnɛ.ɾə jɛs kʰun t͡ʃʰɛ.ˈʁɑ |]
[ɑɾ.tɑ.su.ˈkʰɔv lə.vɑ.ˈt͡sʰi ‖] 𝄇
3
[nɑ.ˈjiɾ nə.ˈɾɑn | jɛ.ˈɾɛkʰ guj.ˈnɔv |]
[nə.vi.ɾɑ.ˈkɑn mɛɾ nə.ˈʃɑn ‖]
𝄆 [tʰɔʁ pʰɔʁ.pʰɔ.ˈʁi tʰəʃ.nɑ.ˈmu dɛm |]
[tʰɔʁ miʃt pɑn.ˈt͡sɑ hɑ.jɑ.ˈstɑn ‖] 𝄇
4
[ɑ.mɛ.ˈnɑjn tɛʁ | ˈmɑ.hə mi ɛ ‖]
[mɑɾd mi ɑŋ.ˈkʰɑm pit mɛr.ˈni |]
𝄆 [bɑjt͡sʰ jɛ.ɾɑ.ˈni | vɔɾ juɾ ɑz.ˈgi]
[ɑ.zɑ.tu.ˈtʰjɑn kə zɔh.ˈvi ‖] 𝄇
I
Our Fatherland, free, independent,
That has lived for centuries,
𝄆 Is now summoning its sons
To the free, independent Armenia. 𝄇
II
Here is a flag for you my brother,
That I have sewed
𝄆 Over the sleepless nights,
And bathed in my tears. 𝄇
III
Look at it, tricoloured,
A valuable symbol for us.
𝄆 Let it shine against the enemy.
Let Armenia be glorious forever. 𝄇
IV
Death is the same everywhere,
A man dies but once,
𝄆 Blessed is the one who dies
For the freedom of his nation. 𝄇
Republic of Armenia
Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն
Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun
Anthem: Մեր Հայրենիք
"Our Fatherland"
Capital
and largest city
Official languages
Ethnic groups (2011)
Religion
Christianity (Armenian Apostolic Church)[4]
Unitary parliamentary republic
• President of the National Assembly
Legislature
6th century BC
321 BC–428 AD
190 BC
52–428
885–1045
1198–1375
28 May 1918
• Soviet conquest; Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
29 November 1920
23 September 1991
21 December 1991
• Admitted to the United Nations
2 March 1992
5 July 1995
• Total
29,743 km2 (11,484 sq mi) (138th)
• Water (%)
4.71[8]
• 2022 estimate
• Density
101.5/km2 (262.9/sq mi)
2023 estimate
• Total
• Per capita
GDP (nominal)
2023 estimate
• Total
• Per capita
Gini (2019)
29.9[11]
low
HDI (2021)
0.759[12]
high · 85th
Currency
Time zone
Date format
dd.mm.yyyy
right
Armenia (/ɑːrˈmiːniə/ (listen) ar-MEE-nee-ə),[13][a] officially the Republic of Armenia,[b] is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia,[14] with geopolitical ties to Europe.[15][16][17] It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan to the south.[18] Yerevan is the capital, largest city and financial center.
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 and in the year 301 became the first state in the world to adopt Christianity as its official religion.[19][20][c][21] Armenia still recognises the Armenian Apostolic Church, the world's oldest national church, as the country's primary religious establishment.[4][d] The ancient Armenian kingdom was split between the Byzantine and Sasanian Empires around the early 5th century. Under the Bagratuni dynasty, the Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia was restored in the 9th century before falling in 1045. An Armenian principality and later a kingdom Cilician Armenia was located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea between the 11th and 14th centuries.
Between the 16th and 19th centuries, the traditional Armenian homeland composed of Eastern Armenia and Western Armenia came under the rule of the Ottoman and Persian empires, repeatedly ruled by either of the two over the centuries. By the 19th century, Eastern Armenia had been conquered by the Russian Empire, while most of the western parts of the traditional Armenian homeland remained under Ottoman rule. During World War I, 1.5 million Armenians living in their ancestral lands in the Ottoman Empire were systematically exterminated in the Armenian genocide. In 1918, following the Russian Revolution, all non-Russian countries declared their independence after the Russian Empire ceased to exist, leading to the establishment of the First Republic of Armenia. By 1920, the state was incorporated into the Soviet Union. The modern Republic of Armenia became independent in 1991 during the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Armenia is a developing country and ranks 85th on the Human Development Index (2021).[22] Its economy is primarily based on industrial output and mineral extraction. While Armenia is geographically located in the South Caucasus, it is generally considered geopolitically European. Since Armenia aligns itself in many respects geopolitically with Europe, the country is a member of numerous European organizations including the Council of Europe, the Eastern Partnership, Eurocontrol, the Assembly of European Regions, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Armenia is also a member of certain regional groups throughout Eurasia, including the Asian Development Bank, the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the Eurasian Economic Union, and the Eurasian Development Bank. Armenia supports the de facto independent Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), which was proclaimed in 1991 on territory internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan.
The national coat of arms of Armenia (Armenian: Հայաստանի զինանշանը, Hayastani zinanshan) was adopted on April 19, 1992, by resolution of the Armenian Supreme Council. On June 15, 2006, the Armenian Parliament passed the law on the state coat of arms of Armenia.
It consists of an eagle and a lion supporting a shield. The coat of arms combines new and old symbols. The eagle and lion are ancient Armenian symbols dating from the first Armenian kingdoms that existed prior to Christ. These symbols are found on the Armenian Highland from times immemorial. Numerous Armenian dynasties such as Artaxiad, Arsacid, Bagratuni and Rubenid, used these symbols as their royal insignia. Like other post-Soviet republics whose symbols do not predate the October Revolution, the current emblem retained one component of the Soviet one such as the Mount Ararat on the shield. Prior to 1992, Armenia had an emblem similar to all other Soviet Republics.
COUNTRY IN WEST ASIA