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Last reviewed: 24 April 2008 |
Country information
GEOGRAPHY
Armenia is a mountainous, high-altitude landlocked country. It is the smallest of the three South Caucasus states in size and population and borders Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Iran.
Location: Southwestern Asia, east of Turkey, South Caucasus, Lesser Caucasus Mountains
Geographic coordinates: 40 00 N, 45 00 E
Area:
total: 29,800 sq km
land: 28,400 sq km
water: 1,400 sq km
Land boundaries:
total: 1,254 km
border countries: Azerbaijan-proper 566 km, Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave 221 km, Turkey 268, Georgia 164 km, Iran 35 km.
Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claims: none (landlocked)
Climate: highland continental, dry high-altitude, hot summers, cold winters
Terrain: Highland plateau with mountains; little forest land; fast flowing rivers; good soil in Aras River valley
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Debed River 400 m
highest point: Aragats Lerr 4,095 m
Natural resources: small deposits of gold, copper, molybdenum, zinc, alumina
Land use:
arable land: 17%
permanent crops: 3%
permanent pastures: 24%
forests and woodland: 15%
other: 41% (2005 est.)
Irrigated land: 2,860 sq km (2003 est.)
Natural hazards: occasionally severe earthquakes (the latest in December 1988 killed 30,000 people); droughts