{"id":364763,"date":"2026-06-09T15:57:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T10:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=364763"},"modified":"2026-06-09T15:57:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T10:27:39","slug":"key-facts-about-armenia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/key-facts-about-armenia\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts about Armenia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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News:<\/strong> Armenia\u2019s ruling Civil Contract party won just under half of the votes in a parliamentary election seen as a test of its handling of a peace deal with Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Key Facts about Armenia<\/span><\/h2>\n
\"Armenia
Source: World Atlas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Aspects<\/strong><\/td>\nDescription<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location<\/strong><\/td>\nArmenia is a landlocked country\u00a0in the South Caucasus region<\/a> between Europe and Asia.\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bordering nations<\/strong><\/td>\nIt is bounded by Georgia in the north,<\/strong> Azerbaijan in the east,<\/strong> Iran in the southeast<\/strong> and Turkey in the west.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Capital<\/strong><\/td>\nThe capital of Armenia\u00a0is Yerevan.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Climate <\/strong><\/td>\n\n
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  • Its climate is dry and continental<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  • It has hot, dry summers<\/strong> and cold winters<\/strong>, with sharp climatic variation by altitude.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Terrain <\/strong><\/td>\nIt has a highly rugged and mountainous terrain<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Soil formation <\/strong><\/td>\nA significant portion of its soil has been formed in part from volcanic lava deposits<\/strong> and is abundant<\/strong> in nitrogen, potash, and phosphates.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mountain<\/strong><\/td>\nIts larger area is dominated by the Lesser (or Little) Caucasus Mountains.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Highest Point<\/strong><\/td>\nThe highest point is Mt. Aragats at 13,418 ft. (4,090m). <\/strong>It is an extinct volcanic peak.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Major River<\/strong><\/td>\n\n
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  • The Araks and Debed Rivers<\/strong> are the two most important rivers.<\/li>\n
  • The Araks<\/strong> act as a natural border between Iran and Turkey to the south<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  • Armenia is rich in springs and wells,<\/strong> some of which possess medicinal properties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Major Lake<\/strong><\/td>\nLake Sevan<\/strong>\u00a0is the largest lake,<\/strong> and it is\u00a0 6,000 ft. (2,000 m) above sea level.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Natural Resources<\/strong><\/td>\nIt has mineral resources such as small quantities of gold, copper, molybdenum, zinc, and alumina ores.\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News: Armenia\u2019s ruling Civil Contract party won just under half of the votes in a parliamentary election seen as a test of its handling of a peace deal with Azerbaijan. Key Facts about Armenia Aspects Description Location Armenia is a landlocked country\u00a0in the South Caucasus region between Europe and Asia.\u00a0 Bordering nations It is bounded… Continue reading Key Facts about Armenia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,12039,11211],"tags":[11872,11853],"class_list":["post-364763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-dd-news","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364763\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}