Armenia — Capital, Flag and Country Facts

Explore Armenia: capital Yerevan, population, flag, geography, languages, history and culture.

Armenia is in Asia. Its capital is Yerevan.

Climate

Highland continental; hot, dry summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall in mountains

Armenian Highlands with fast-flowing rivers; Lake Sevan in the east; volcanic plateaus

Armenia was the first country to adopt Christianity as its state religion in 301 AD.

Yerevan is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities, founded in 782 BC.

Armenia is home to the world's longest reversible aerial tramway, the Wings of Tatev.

782 BC: Founding of Erebuni (modern Yerevan) by King Argishti I of Urartu

301: Armenia becomes the first country to adopt Christianity as state religion

1375: Fall of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia

1915: Armenian Genocide during the Ottoman Empire

1918: First Republic of Armenia established

1991: Declares independence from the Soviet Union