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Fun fact 3 about Armenia

Bronze Age burial site Zorats Karer (also known as Karahunj)
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Armenia became the first officially Christian state in 301 AD under King Tiridates III.

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Armenia

Population
3.1M
Area
29,743 km²
Capital
Yerevan
Continent
Asia
136th most populous country in the world

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.

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Photo: Rita Willaert from Belgium · CC BY 2.0