This is a list of Armenian ethnic enclaves, containing cities, districts, and neighborhoods with predominantly Armenian population, or are associated with Armenian culture, either currently or historically.[lower-alpha 1] Most numbers are estimates by Armenian (and non-Armenian) organizations and media, because many countries simply do not collect data on ethnicity.
Extant enclaves
Europe
Middle East
- Syria
There are several Armenian-populated villages in Syria: including Aramo,[9][10] Al-Ghanimeh (Ghnemieh),[11][10] Kessab[lower-alpha 2] (2,000–2,200)[13][14] in Latakia; and Yakubiyah in Idlib.[9] Aleppo has an Armenian neighborhood called Midan (Nor Kyough).[15][16]
- other countries
Name |
Type |
Location |
Total |
Armenians |
% |
Ref |
Anjar[17] |
town |
Zahlé, Lebanon |
2,400–4,000 |
~100% |
[18][19] |
Armenian Quarter |
quarter |
Old City, Jerusalem[lower-alpha 3] |
2,424 |
500–1,000 |
21–41% |
[20][21][22] |
Bourj Hammoud[23] |
city |
Beirut, Lebanon |
150,000 |
110,000 |
73% |
[24][25] |
New Julfa[26] |
quarter |
Isfahan, Iran |
10,000–12,000 |
N/A |
[27] |
Vakıflı |
village |
Hatay, Turkey |
135 |
~100% |
[28] |
Post-Soviet states
- Abkhazia (de facto)[lower-alpha 4]
As of 2004, there were "around 50-60 Armenian villages" in Abkhazia.[29] According to the 2011 Abkhazian census, Armenians formed the majority of the population of the Sukhumi District (6,467 Armenians, 56.1% of the total 11,531), and plurality in Gulripshi district (8,430 Armenians or 46.8% of 18,032) and Gagra District (15,422 Armenians or 38.3% of 40,217).[30]
Javakheti (Javakhk) shown in red on the map of Georgia with
Samtskhe-Javakheti provincial borders outlined.
- Georgia
Name |
Type |
Location |
Total |
Armenians |
% |
Ref |
Adlersky City District |
raion |
Sochi, Krasnodar Krai |
138,572 |
44,000–80,000 |
32%–58% |
[34][35][36] |
Aykavan[37] |
village |
Crimea[lower-alpha 5] |
160 |
~100% |
[38] |
Edissiya[39] |
village |
Stavropol Krai |
5,657 |
5,377 |
92.7% |
[40] |
Gaikodzor |
village |
Anapsky District, Krasnodar Krai |
|
|
|
|
Karabagly |
village |
Dagestan |
723 |
~400 |
56% |
[41][42] |
Myasnikovsky District |
raion |
23x15px Rostov Oblast |
39,631 |
22,108 |
56% |
[43] |
Tuapsinsky District |
raion |
Krasnodar Krai |
62,400 |
13,700 |
22% |
[44] |
Name |
Type |
Location |
Total |
Armenians |
% |
Ref |
Glendale[45] |
city |
Los Angeles, California |
190,000 |
54,000–100,000 |
28%–53% |
[46] |
Little Armenia[47] |
neighborhood |
Los Angeles, California |
21,600 |
N/A |
|
[48] |
Watertown[49][50] |
city |
Boston, Massachusetts |
33,000 |
2,700–8,000 |
8%–25% |
[51][52] |
Extinct enclaves
Name (current & former) |
Type |
Current location |
Period |
% Armenian (date) |
Ref |
Armanitola |
neighborhood |
Dhaka, Bangladesh |
18th century |
|
[53] |
Armenikend |
quarter |
Nasimi raion, Baku, Azerbaijan |
19th-20th centuries |
N/A |
|
Nərimanov raion |
city district |
Baku, Azerbaijan |
mid-20th century |
27.6–47.6% |
[54][55][56][57] |
Gherla (Armenopolis) |
city |
Cluj County, Romania |
17th century |
|
[58] |
Kumkapı[59][60] |
quarter |
Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey |
|
N/A |
|
Feodosia (Kaffa) |
city |
Crimea (de facto) |
15th century |
+65% |
[61] |
Nakhichevan-on-Don |
city |
near Rostov-on-Don, Don Host Oblast, Russia |
1778–1928 |
30–58.7% |
[62][63] |
Old Armenian Town |
neighborhood |
Fresno, California, United States |
|
|
|
Notes
- ↑ This article only lists ethnic enclaves in the Armenian diaspora. Many sources describe Nagorno-Karabakh as an Armenian ethnic enclave,[1][2] which it was during most of its existence as the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (1923–91), when it did not border Soviet Armenia. Since the end of the 1988–94 war, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has been largely integrated with the Republic of Armenia and the two today de facto function as a single entity. However, the NKR remains internationally unrecognized and is regarded by all UN members as de jure part of Azerbaijan.
- ↑ The Armenian population of Kessab was forced out in March 2014, during the Syrian Civil War.[12]
- ↑ The status of Jerusalem is disputed between Israel and the State of Palestine, but the Old City is de facto administered by Israel.
- ↑ Abkhazia is de jure recognized as part of Georgia by most countries, however, it is de facto independent.
- ↑ The Crimean Peninsula is disputed between Russia and Ukraine and is de facto part of Russia, but remains (for the most part) internationally recognized as de jure part of Ukraine. For more, see Political status of Crimea.
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