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|native_name = {{lang|hy|Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն}}<br />{{lang|hy-Latn|''Hayastani Hanrapetut’yun''}}
|conventional_long_name = Republic of Armenia
|common_name = ArmeniaArméníà
|image_flag =Flag of Armenia.svg
|image_coat = Coat of arms of Armenia.svg
|latd=40 |latm=11 |latNS=N |longd=44 |longm=31 |longEW=E
|largest_city = capital
|government_type = [[Presidential system|PresidentialOrílẹ̀omìnira republicààrẹ]]<ref>[http://www.president.am/library/constitution/eng/?chapter=3&pn=1 The Constitution of the Republic of Armenia, Article 55].</ref>
|leader_title1 = [[President of Armenia|PresidentÀàrẹ]]
|leader_title2 = [[Prime Minister of Armenia|PrimeAlákóso MinisterÀgbà]]
|leader_title3 = [[National Assembly of Armenia#Speakers of the National Assembly|SpeakerAgbẹnusọ]]
|leader_name1 = [[Serzh Sargsyan]]
|leader_name2 = [[Tigran Sargsyan]]
|calling_code = [[Telephone numbers in Armenia|374]]
}}
'''ArmeniaArméníà''' ({{IPAc-en|en-us-Armenia.ogg|ɑr|ˈ|m|iː|n|i|ə}}; {{lang-hy|[[wikt:Հայաստան|Հայաստան]]}}, [[Romanization of Armenian|transliteratedsiso]] ''Hayastan'', {{IPA-hy|hɑjɑsˈtɑn|IPA}}), officially the '''Republic of Armenia''' ([[wikt:Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն|Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն]], ''Hayastani Hanrapetut’yun'', {{IPA-hy|hɑjɑstɑˈni hɑnɾɑpɛtuˈtʰjun|}}), isje aorile-ede oke-ile [[landlocked country|landlockedti ile yika]] mountainousni country in theagbegbe [[Caucasus|Kafkasu]] region ofni [[Eurasia]]. LocatedO atbudo thesi crossroads oforitameta [[Western Asia|Apaiwoorun Asia]] andati [[Eastern Europe|Apailaorun Europe]],<ref>Armenia may be considered to be in [[Asia]] and/or [[Europe]]. The UN [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm classification of world regions] places Armenia in [[Western Asia]]; the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] [[The World Factbook|World Factbook]] {{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/am.html |title=Armenia |author= |date= |work=The World Factbook |publisher=[[CIA]] |accessdate=September 2, 2010}} {{cite web |url=http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/index.html?Parent=asia&Rootmap=armeni&Mode=d&SubMode=w |title=Armenia |author= |date= |work= |publisher=[[National Geographic]] |accessdate=}} and {{cite web |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/35178/Armenia |title=Armenia |author= |date= |work= |publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |accessdate= }} also place Armenia in Asia. Conversely, some sources place Armenia in Europe such as ''Oxford Reference Online'' {{cite web |url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?entry=t186.e21064&srn=1&ssid=416740626#FIRSTHIT |title=Homepage |author= |date= |work= |publisher=Oxford Reference Online |accessdate=September 2, 2010}} and {{cite web |url=http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/eu.htm |title=Europe |author= |date= |work= |publisher=Worldatlas |accessdate=September 2, 2010}}{{Verify credibility|date=August 2009}}</ref> ito isni borderedbode bymo [[Turkey|Turki]] to theni westiwoorun, [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] to theni northariwa, the ''[[de facto]]'' [[independence|independent]] [[Nagorno-Karabakh Republic]] and[[independence|alominira]] ati [[Azerbaijan]] toni the eastilaorun, andati [[Iran]] and the Azerbaijaniati [[exclave|ile]] ofAzerbaijani [[Nakhchivan]] to theni southguusu.
A former republic of the [[Soviet Union]], Armenia is a [[unitary state|unitary]], [[Multi-party system|multiparty]], [[democracy|democratic]] [[nation state|nation-state]] with an ancient and historic [[cultural heritage]]. The [[Kingdom of Armenia (Antiquity)|Kingdom of Armenia]] became the first state to adopt Christianity as its religion<ref>''"The conversion of Armenia to Christianity was probably the most crucial step in its history. It turned Armenia sharply away from its Iranian past and stamped it for centuries with an intrinsic character as clear to the native population as to those outside its borders, who identified Armenia almost at once as the first state to adopt Christianity"''. ({{cite book |last=Garsoïan|first=Nina|title=Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times|editor=ed. R.G. Hovannisian|publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]]|year=1997|pages=Volume 1, p.81}}).</ref> in the early years of the 4th century (the traditional date is 301).<ref>{{cite book|first=René|last=Grousset|title=Histoire de l'Arménie|publisher=Payot|year=1947|edition=1984|page=122}}. Estimated dates vary from 284 to 314. Garsoïan (''op.cit.'' p.82), following the research of Ananian, favours the latter.</ref> The modern Republic of Armenia recognizes the [[Armenian Apostolic Church]] as the [[State religion|national church]] of Armenia, although the republic has [[separation of church and state]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.president.am/library/constitution/eng/?pn=1 |title=The Constitution of the Republic of Armenia, Article 8.1 |publisher=President.am |date= |accessdate=2010-12-30}}</ref>
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