Fun fact 1 about Armenia
country
The contemporary name for Armenia, Hayastan, became popular in the Middle Ages by adding the Persian suffix -stan.
Armenia
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country
Armenia
Population
3.1M
Area
29,743 km²
Capital
Yerevan
Continent
Asia
Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan to the south.
From the “Etymology” section
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