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The following table is the list of urban areas with the largest Armenian population, including in Armenia and the disputed Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), and the Armenian diaspora.
Urban area | Country | Official data | Estimates | ||||||
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Armenians | Total | % | Source | Low | High | Ref | |||
Yerevan | Armenia | 1,048,940 | 1,060,138 | 98.9% | 2011 census [2] | 1,091,700 | [3] | ||
Los Angeles [lower-alpha 2] | US | 218,321 | 18,788,800 | 1.16% | 2017 estimate [4] | 200,000 | 600,000 | [5] | |
Moscow [lower-alpha 3] | Russia | 169,772 | 18,598,621 | 0.91% | 2010 census [6] | 200,000 | 600,000 | [7] | |
Rostov-on-Don [lower-alpha 4] | Russia | 83,123 | 2,158,307 | 3.85% | 2010 census [9] | 150,000 | 200,000 | [10] | |
Sochi | Russia | 81,864 | 420,589 | 19.46% | 2010 census [11] | 120,000 | 160,000 | [12] [13] | |
Gyumri | Armenia | 121,976 | 99% | 2011 census | 112,100 | [3] | |||
Paris | France | — | 100,000 | 200,000 | [14] [15] | ||||
Caucasian Mineral Waters [lower-alpha 5] | Russia | 83,743 | 874,022 | 9.58% | 2010 census [17] | 83,000 | 108,000 | [lower-alpha 6] | |
Tbilisi | Georgia | 53,409 | 1,108,717 | 4.8% | 2020 census [21] | 80,000 | 120,000 | [22] | |
Marseille | France | — | 80,000 | 150,000 | [23] [15] | ||||
Volgograd [lower-alpha 7] | Russia | 20,265 | 1,505,809 | 1.35% | 2010 census [25] | 80,000 | 120,000 | [26] [27] | |
Vanadzor | Armenia | 86,199 | 99% | 2011 census | 76,900 | [3] | |||
Krasnodar [lower-alpha 8] | Russia | 42,558 | 1,232,176 | 3.45% | 2010 census [29] [11] | 70,000 | 70,000 | [30] [31] | |
Chernomorsk [lower-alpha 9] | Russia | 47,272 | 781,289 | 6.05% | 2010 census [11] | 63,000 | 86,000 | [lower-alpha 10] | |
Buenos Aires | Argentina | — | 60,000 | 70,000 | [40] [41] | ||||
New York [lower-alpha 11] | US | 34,978 | 23,876,155 | 0.15% | 2017 estimate [4] | 50,000 | 150,000 | [42] [43] [44] | |
Saint Petersburg [lower-alpha 12] | Russia | 27,043 | 6,596,434 | 0.4% | 2010 census [6] | 50,000 | 100,000 | [45] [46] | |
Boston [lower-alpha 13] | US | 37,534 | 8,233,270 | 0.46% | 2017 estimate [4] | 50,000 | 70,000 | [47] [48] [49] | |
Istanbul | Turkey | — | 50,000 | 60,000 | [50] | ||||
Vagharshapat | Armenia | 46,540 | 99% | 2011 census | 46,400 | [3] | |||
Lyon | France | — | 45,000 | 100,000 | [51] [15] | ||||
Tehran | Iran | — | 45,000 | 50,000 | [52] [53] [54] | ||||
Abovyan | Armenia | 43,495 | 99% | 2011 census | 45,000 | [3] | |||
Kapan | Armenia | 43,190 | 99% | 2011 census | 42,000 | [3] | |||
Armavir [lower-alpha 14] | Russia | 35,613 | 502,070 | 7.09% | 2010 census [11] | ||||
Beirut | Lebanon | — | 40,000 | 120,000 | [56] [57] | ||||
Toronto | Canada | 21,710 | 6,417,516 | 0.34% | 2016 census [58] | 40,000 | 50,000 | [59] | |
Montreal | Canada | 26,100 | 4,098,927 | 0.64% | 2016 census [58] | 40,000 | 50,000 | [60] [61] | |
Detroit [lower-alpha 15] | US | 10,834 | 5,336,286 | 0.2% | 2017 estimate [4] | 40,000 | 40,000 | [62] | |
Hrazdan | Armenia | 41,875 | 99% | 2011 census | 39,900 | [3] | |||
San Francisco Bay Area [lower-alpha 16] | US | 18,806 | 8,837,789 | 0.21% | 2017 estimate [4] | 35,000 | 50,000 | [63] [64] | |
Armavir | Armenia | 29,319 | 99% | 2011 census | 27,700 | [3] | |||
Sydney | Australia | 12,553 | 4,823,994 | 0.26% | 2016 census [65] | 25,000 | 30,000 | [66] | |
Stavropol [lower-alpha 17] | Russia | 25,815 | 521,825 | 4.95% | 2010 census [17] | 25,000 | 80,000 | [18] [67] | |
Masis | Armenia | 20,215 | 99% | 2011 census | 20,700 | [3] | |||
Charentsavan | Armenia | 20,363 | 99% | 2011 census | 20,300 | [3] | |||
Ararat | Armenia | 20,235 | 99% | 2011 census | 20,300 | [3] | |||
Aleppo | Syria | — | 20,000 | 40,000 | [68] [69] | ||||
Samara-Tolyatti [lower-alpha 18] | Russia | 19,801 | 2,746,158 | 0.72% | 2010 census [71] | 20,000 | 22,000 | [72] [73] | |
Ijevan | Armenia | 21,081 | 99% | 2011 census | 20,000 | [3] | |||
Goris | Armenia | 20,591 | 99% | 2011 census | 19,900 | [3] | |||
Artashat | Armenia | 22,269 | 99% | 2011 census | 19,100 | [3] | |||
Gavar | Armenia | 20,765 | 99% | 2011 census | 17,900 | [3] | |||
A "conservative" estimate by Charles A. Burney put the population of Tushpa (Van), the capital of Urartu, and its suburbs at 50,000. [74] [75] A. A. Martirosyan proposed 30,000 for Argishtikhinili (Armavir). [76] Konstantine Hovhannisyan estimated a population of 20,000 for Teishebaini (Karmir Blur, now within Yerevan). [77] Yervand Grekyan criticized these numbers as highly exaggerated and proposed 1,800 to 2,000 in Karmur Blur and 3,000 to 4,000 for Argishtikhinili. [78]
The population of Tigranocerta, the capital founded by Tigranes the Great (r. 95-55–BC), has been estimated at up to 100,000, [79] "over a quarter of a million", [80] possibly 300,000, [81] or even 500,000. [82] These are partly or entirely based on Appian, who in Mithridatic War §67 attests that Tigranes carried 300,000 people from Cappadocia to Tigranocerta. Many scholars cite the number without critical examination, [83] [84] [85] while Thomas Sinclair found it exaggerated. [86]
For the long-time capital of Artaxata, Zhores Khachatryan proposed 150,000 at its height in the 1st-2nd centuries AD. [87] Robert H. Hewsen proposed just "several thousand". [88]
Dvin had an estimated population of 45,000 in 361, 47,000 in 622, and around 100,000 at its height in the 8th-9th centuries. [89] Nyura Hakobyan proposed a peak population of 100,000 to 150,000. [90]
Scholars conventionally put the population of Ani, the Bagratid capital, at around 100,000. [91] [92] Lucy Der Manuelian noted that the figure, first reported by Matthew of Edessa, has been questioned by modern scholars, but Nikolai Marr, who excavated the site, noted that "most of the people probably lived just outside the walls." Hakob Manandyan noted that Ani's population was "unquestionably more than that of contemporary cities in Western Europe." [93]
For the 10th to 13th centuries, Babken Arakelyan estimated three large cities with up to 100,000 residents: Ani, Dvin, and Artsn. He proposed 40,000 to 50,000 for Ahlat (Khlat) and Yerznka (Erzincan), and 15,000 to 25,000 for Kars, Nprkert (Martyropolis), Archesh (Arzes), and Manazkert. [94]
Rank | City | Country | Armenians |
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1 | Tiflis | Soviet Union | 130,000 |
2 | Yerevan | Soviet Union | 106,000 |
3 | Baku | Soviet Union | 90,000 |
4 | Istanbul | Turkey | 65,000 |
5 | Leninakan | Soviet Union | 58,000 |
6 | Aleppo | Syria | 50,000 |
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City | Republic | Pop | Armenians | % Arm. | Ref |
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Yerevan | Armenia | 1,030,969 | 986,812 | 95.7% | |
Baku | Azerbaijan | 1,533,235 | 215,807 | 14.1% | |
Leninakan | Armenia | 206,613 | |||
Tbilisi | Georgia | 1,056,140 | 152,900 | 14.5% | |
Kirovakan | Armenia | 146,036 | |||
Kirovabad | Azerbaijan | 231,691 | 40,741 | 17.6% | |
Stepanakert | Azerbaijan | 38,948 | 33,898 | 87.0% | |
Moscow | Russia | 7,931,602 | 31,414 | 0.4% | |
Tashkent | Uzbekistan | 1,759,419 | 16,692 | 0.9% | |
Ashgabat | Turkmenistan | 311,644 | 14,195 | 4.6% | |
Batumi | Georgia | 122,292 | 13,936 | 11.4% | |
Sumgait | Azerbaijan | 205,694 | 13,818 | 6.7% | |
Akhalkalaki | Georgia | 13,224 | 11,879 | 89.8% | |
Sukhumi | Georgia | 108,337 | 11,823 | 10.9% | |
Akhaltsikhe | Georgia | 19,587 | 10,278 | 52.5% | |
Leningrad | Russia | 4,568,548 | 7,995 | 0.2% | |
Rustavi | Georgia | 129,459 | 6,707 | 5.2% | |
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Over 200,000 Armenians live within the Los Angeles County region...
...the nearly 400,000 Armenians in the Los Angeles area...
Los Angeles thereby hosts the biggest Armenian community in the Outer Diaspora with about 400,000.
...within Southern California, which boasts the largest population of Armenians outside of Armenia with 600,000 Armenians....
...in Los Angeles, where as many as 500,000 people of Armenian extraction live.
В Москве проживает 200 тысяч.
В Москве проживает 300 тысяч армян...
По неофициальным данным, в Москве сейчас проживает более 600 тыс. армян...
...community members say there may in fact be as many as half a million Armenians in the city.
...городе Ростове-на-Дону, где когда-то располагался епархиальный центр, проживает более 150 тысяч армян...
По разным подсчётам, в этом регионе проживает до 200 тысяч армян.
По неофициальным данным в Сочи проживают около 120 тысяч армян.
Նշենք, որ Սոչիում այսօր բնակվում է 160 հազար հայ, որոնցից ավելի քան 100 հազարը համշենահայեր են։
...la région parisienne (plus de 200 000 personnes), la région marseillaise (plus de 150 000) et la région lyonnaise (environ 150 000).; republished in "Les Arméniens en France". La Croix (in French). 15 February 2015. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021.
Регион-агломерация Кавказские Минеральные Воды. [...] В Ставропольском крае это города и города-курорты Георгиевск, Минеральные Воды (включая курорт Кумагорск и курортную местность Нагута), Пятигорск, Железноводск, Лермонтов, Ессентуки, Кисловодск, а также районы Георгиевский, Минераловодский и Предгорный.
Таким центром всегда был Пятигорск, и в силу того, что здесь самая крупная армянская община, и в силу того, что к нему тяготеют все общины региона Кавказских Минеральных Вод, где проживает большая часть армянского населения края. [...] Армянские общественные объединения не занимаются проведением переписи армянского населения. Самые общие данные таковы: Пятигорск с окрестностями – около 30 тыс.; Георгиевск с районом – 25-30; Ставрополь с соседним г.Михайловским – 25 тыс.; Кисловодск – более 15 тыс.; Минеральные Воды и район – более 12 тыс.; Буденновск и район – более 8 тыс.; Ессентуки и станица Ессентукская – ок. 8 тыс.; Эдиссия – 6 тыс. и Курской район – 5 тыс.; Невинномысск – около 3 тыс.; Железноводск с пос.Иноземцево – 3 тыс.; Зеленокумск – 3 тыс.;
Армянская община в Пятигорске сейчас является одной из самых многочисленных и активных, и из более чем 200 тыс. жителей Пятигорска 40 тыс. являются армянами.
Сейчас в городе проживает около 15-20 тысяч армян.
Բոլորս էլ գիտենք, որ Թբիլիսիում մինչև 80 հազար հայ է ապրում...
Թբիլիսիի հայկական ասամբլեայի համակարգող Առնոլդ Ստեփանյանը ասում է, որ իրենց տվյալներով թբիլիսահայերի քանակը իրականում հասնում է 120 հազար։
По свидетельству руководителя Союза армян Грузии Гены Мурадяна, в Тбилиси проживают 100-110 тысяч армян, из них около 70 тысяч имеют право голосовать.
Un siècle après le génocide, on évalue à 80 000 le nombre d'Arméniens vivant à Marseille, sans que personne ne puisse confirmer scientifiquement ce chiffre.
Numbering about 100,000, people of Armenian descent are said to make up close to 10 percent of Marseille's denizens.
...the Armenian community in Marseille where about 100,000 Armenians reside.
...Волгоградская агломерация, включающая Волгоград, Волжский, а также три близлежащих района – Светлоярский, Городищенский и Среднеахтубинский...
Всего в регионе проживают около 80 тысяч армян.
Лишь по самым скромным подсчетам, в нашем регионе проживает около 120 тысяч армян.
В «Краснодарскую агломерацию» — помимо кубанской столицы — внесли Динской и Северский районы, Горячий Ключ, а также Тахтамукайский и Теучежский районы Республики Адыгея и город Адыгейск.
At least 70,000 Armenians live in the city of Krasnodar.
Около 70 тысяч армян живут в Краснодаре.
Черноморская экономическая зона включает города Новороссийск, Анапа и Геленджик, Туапсинский район, а также Темрюкский район в составе отдельной подзоны (Таманской)
Ныне по неофициальным данным число армян превышает 20 тысяч человек и составляет одну треть населения.
Տուապսեում հայկական հոծ համայնք կա, պաշտոնական տվյալներով՝ մոտ 12 հազար բնակչության 20 տոկոսը, ոչ պաշտոնական տվյալներով՝ 25 հազար...
Сегодня в Анапе живут более 15 тысяч наследников Урарту.
Армян в Анапе 15 тысяч, 4 тысячи в Гайкодзоре. А еще в Витязеве, Джемете, Рассвете, Заре, Супсехе, Сукко, Победе, Анапской, Раевской и других населенных пунктах, примыкающих к Анапе. Всего примерно 23 тысячи армян.
По официальным данным, в Новороссийске численность армян составляет 20 тысяч человек.
Նշենք, որ Նովոռոսիյսկում ապրում է ավելի քան 30 հազար հայ:
...в городе 3 тысячи. А в Геленджикском районе проживает 5 тысяч армян.
Հայության թիվն Արգենտինայում մոտ 70-80 հազար է, հիմնական մասը Բուենոս Այրեսում է բնակվում:
In the New York area, where the church estimates 50,000 Armenians live...
In the metropolitan New York area, there are roughly 50,000 Armenians.
В нынешний год празднования 300-летия диаспоры Петербург насчитывает около 50 тысяч армян
И вот в этом туманно-дождливом, прекрасном городе живет около ста тысяч наших соотечественников.
Today, over 50,000 Armenians are living throughout the Greater Boston area...
...the Greater Boston area's nearly 50,000 Armenian listeners.
Today the commonwealth is home to as many as 70,000 people who claim Armenian descent.
...the small Turkish Armenian community in Istanbul — only about 50,000...
Տիկ. Օզինեանէն իմացանք, որ ներկայիս Պոլսոյ մէջ կայ մօտաւորապէս 50-60 հազար հայ:
...community of about 60,000 Armenians still living in Istanbul.
Members of roughly 60,000 Armenians based mostly in Istanbul...
Ce 24 avril était donc un jour de soulagement et de recueillement pour les 45 000 Arméniens du Grand Lyon.
Լիոնում բնակվում է մոտ 65 հազար հայ:
Ռոն-Ալպի ամենամեծ հայկական համայնքներից մեկն էլ Լիոնի համայնքն է: Այստեղ ներկայումս, ոչ պաշտոնական տվյալներով, բնակվում է շուրջ 30000 – 40000 հայ, այն դեպքում, երբ ամբողջ Ռոն-Ալպ տարածաշրջանում հայերի թիվը մոտ 80000-100000 է:
...the Armenian community of Iran makes about 55-60,000 people, the major part of which – 45-50,000 – is centralized in Teheran.
At present, however, this community consists of 60,000 Armenians, the majority of which - 50,000 - live in Tehran.
...այսօր Իրանում ապրում է 70- 80 հազար հայ, նրանցից միայն 50 հազարը` Թեհրանում:
Армавир является центром агломерации, в которую входят несколько соседних районов - таких, как Новокубанский, Успенский, Отрадненский и Гулькевический.
Տարբեր տվյալներով` այստեղ մոտ 40.000 հազար հայ է բնակվում...
Պէյրութ մէջ 120 հազար հայ կ'ապրի
Միայն Տորոնտոյի համայնքում մոտ 40-50 հազար հայ կա, իսկ Մոնրեալի հայությունը արդեն 45 հազարի է հասնում:
There is a consensus, however, that this number could be as high as 40,000.
The statement of the municipality says that Montreal is home to some 50,000 Armenians....
With a community of some 40,000 Armenians amongst a population of around 4 million inhabitants, Michigan, and in particular the Detroit area...
...the Bay Area and represent the 35,000 Armenians in the region.
...the Bay Area's sizable Armenian community, which includes roughly 50,000 people...
Between 25,000 and 30,000 Armenians live in Sydney.
По подсчетам, в Ставрополе проживает около 60 – 80 тысяч армян...
An estimated 40,000 Armenians remain in Aleppo, most in regime-controlled parts of the city.
Сегодня в области постоянно живут и трудятся более 20 тысяч армян.
В Самаре больше 22 тысяч армян...
The construction of the Menua canal would have made a population of fifty thousand in Van itself, the city and its garden suburbs, a conservative estimate. Since the population in the nineteenth century A.D. exceeded that figure, there is no need to suggest a smaller population in the Urartian capital.26 This may have reached its highest level under Rusa II...
According to Burney's conservative estimate, the population of Tushpa was 50.000 people.59 [Burney (1972,182).]
Թեյշեբաինին, օրինակ, իր կառուցապատման խտությամբ, եթե այն համեմատելու լինենք համանման քաղաքների հետ, պետք է ունենար շուրջ 20 հազար րնակիչ:
Ըստ երևույթին, Տիգրանակերտի բնակչությունը 100 հազարից չէր անցնի
...the mighty city of Tigranokerta ... This metropolis of over a quarter of a million souls rapidly declined to the status of a second-rate provincial town.
The few items of information that ancient historical sources give us concerning the size of Tigranocerta imply a population of over 300,000.
When Tigranes learned of the death of the dreaded commander Sulla in 78 bce, he invaded Cappadocia and deported about 300,000 people to Tigranakert. The forced resettlement of Syrians and Jews increased the population of Tigranakert to half a million.
Having gained possession of Syria and Cilicia by 83 B. C. , Tigranes now occupied Cappadocia and transported, according to Appian (Mith., 67), 300,000 people from Cappadocia to his new capital Tigranocerta. This number may, however, include what he had taken from Cilicia where he left cities wholly or partly.
But nearly all of its 300,000 inhabitants were captives dragged from their homes in Persia or Cappadocia, unwilling settlers who could not be trusted to defend their prison.
On Appian's evidence (Mithridatic War 67), the number of people from Cappadocia carried off in 78 B.C. to populate the city was 300,000. The number is exaggerated, but there were forced migrants from Cilicia and other places too.
Իր ծաղկման շրջանում` մ. թ. I–II դդ. Տրդատ I-ի կողմից քաղաքի վերականգնումից հետո, Արտաշատն իր գերեզմանոցներով զբաղեցրել է մոտ 500 հա տարածություն: Ի նկատի ունենալով անտիկ քաղաքների բնակչության միջին խտությունը24, կարելի է ասել, որ Արտաշատն ունեցել է 150 հազարից ավելի բնակչություն:
Artaxata had a population of several thousand
According to Chandler (1987), the population of Dvin was 45,000 in 361 CE, while in 622 CE, before the conquest by the Arabs, it was estimated at 47,000. By the time Dvin was flourishing (the eight-ninth centuries), its population was on the order of 100,000 people.
Ամենածաղկուն շրջանում բնակչությունը կազմել է 100.000-150.000:
Ծաղկուն շրջանում քաղաքն ունեցել է մինչև 100000 բնակիչ։
Անիի բնակչությունը մոտավոր հաշվարկներով հարյուր հազար մարդ է եղել:
Քաղաքների վերաբերյալ մեր կատարած քանակական անալիզը ցույց է տվել, որ Հայաստանում 10-13-րդ դարերում եղել է շուրջ 50 քաղաք: Դրանցից 3-ը (Անին, Դվինը, Արծնը), ունեցել են մինչև 100 հազար բնակիչ, 2-ը (Խլաթ, Երզնկա) ունեցել են 40-50 հաղար բնակիչ, 4-ը (Կարս, Նփրկերտ, Արճեշ, Մանազկերտ) ունեցել են 15-25 հազար բնակչություն
В настоящее время Н. настолько слился с Ростовом, что границы обоих городов можно определить лишь по плану, утвержденному 11 мая 1811 г.
Граница между двумя городами - Ростовом и Нахичеванью - всегда была и считалась чисто условной.