About Armenia

OFFICIAL INFORMATION ABOUT ARMENIA
Official Name – Republic of Armenia (brief – Armenia)
State flag of Republic of Armenia – three horizontal strips (red, blue, orange)
State language – Armenian
Head of the country – President of Republic of Armenia
Capital – Yerevan
National currency – Armenian Dram (AMD)

Geographic information
Territory – 29.74 thousand km2 (may be compared with Albania, Belgium )
Population – 3,7 mil. , 98% – Armenians,
Population of Yerevan – 1.25 mil.
Average high above sea level – 1300 m.
Maximum high point – mount Aragatc (4090 m.)
Minimum high point – canyon of Debed river (380 m.)
Armenia lays in subtropical zone (on the same width as Greece, Italy and Spain)
The most length – 360 km.

Historical Information
782 B.C. Foundation of Yerevan
VI-V cent. B.C.finished ethnical forming of Armenian people on the territory of Armenian highland.
301 – Armenia became the first Christian country
405 – Mesrop Mashtotc created Armenian alphabet