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List of Armenian ethnic enclaves

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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.[a] Most numbers are estimates by various organizations and media, because many countries simply do not collect data on ethnicity.

New Julfa in Isfahan, Iran: it is still one of the oldest and largest Armenian quarters in the world.

Extant enclaves

Europe

San Lazzaro degli Armeni, located in the Venetian Lagoon, is home to an Armenian Catholic monastery.
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Name Type Location Total Armenians % Ref
Alfortville[3] commune France Paris, France 45,000 7,000–9,000 15–20% [4]
Issy-les-Moulineaux[5][6] commune France Paris, France 63,000 6,000–6,500 10% [7]
San Lazzaro degli Armeni[8] island Italy Venice, Italy 17 ~100% [9]
Valence commune France Drôme, France 64,483 7,500 10% [10]
Marseille prefecture France Bouches-du-Rhône, France 873,076 80,000 9% [11]
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Middle East

Syria

There are several Armenian-populated villages in Syria: including Aramo,[12][13] Al-Ghanimeh (Ghnemieh),[13][14] Kessab[b] (2,000–2,200)[16][17] in Latakia; and Yakubiyah in Idlib.[12] Aleppo has the Armenian neighborhoods of Al-Jdayde and Nor Kyough (Midan).[18][19]

Jordan

Armenians also resettled in al-Ashrafiya, Jordan from 1914, where they constructed an Armenian Apostolic Church and a school in 1962.[20]

other countries
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Name Type Location Total Armenians % Ref
Anjar[21] town Lebanon Zahlé, Lebanon 2,400–6000 ~100% [22][23]
Antelias city Lebanon Metn, Lebanon 16,000 3,200–4,000 ~20% [3]
Armenian Quarter quarter Israel Old City, Jerusalem[c] 2,424 500–1,000 21–41% [24][25][26]
Beirut city Lebanon Beirut, Lebanon 430,000 51,600 ~12% [27]
Bourj Hammoud[28][29] city Lebanon Metn, Lebanon 150,000 110,000 73% [30][31]
Bzoummar village Lebanon Keserwan District, Lebanon 700 300 42% [22]
Mezher village Lebanon Beirut, Lebanon 1,000 ~100% [32]
New Julfa[33] quarter Iran Isfahan, Iran 10,000–12,000 N/a [34]
Zarneh (Boloran) village Iran Isfahan Province, Iran 61[35] 61 100% [36][37]
Vakıflı village Turkey Hatay, Turkey 135 ~100% [38]
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Post-Soviet states

Georgia

Javakheti (Javakhk) shown in red on the map of Georgia with Samtskhe-Javakheti provincial borders outlined.
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Name Type Location Total Armenians % Ref
Avlabari (Havlabar)[39][40] neighborhood Tbilisi
Javakheti (Javakhk) province Samtskhe-Javakheti 95,280 90,373 94.8% [41]
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Abkhazia

As of 2004, there were "around 50–60 Armenian villages" in Abkhazia.[42] 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).[43]

Russia

The proportion of Armenians in the municipality of Sochi, Russia by settlements
Khachkar holiday in Gaikodzor
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Name Type Location Total Armenians % Ref
Adlersky City District raion Sochi, Krasnodar Krai 138,572 44,000–80,000 32%–58% [44][45][46]
Edissiya[47] village Stavropol Krai 5,657 5,377 92.7% [48]
Gaikodzor village Anapsky District, Krasnodar Krai
Karabagly village Dagestan 723 ~400 56% [49][50]
Myasnikovsky District raion Rostov Oblast 39,631 22,108 56% [51]
Proletarsky raion (former Nakhichevan-on-Don)[52][53] city raion Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast 122,174 10,008 8% [54]
Tuapsinsky District raion Krasnodar Krai 62,400 13,700 22% [55]
Malye Vnegoschi village Kaluga Oblast 11 11 100% [56]
Krutaya village Kaluga Oblast 10 10 100% [56]
Zhilnevo village Kaluga Oblast 36 34 94.4% [56]
Sverdlovo village Kaluga Oblast 18 15 83.3% [56]
Mayak village Kaluga Oblast 19 13 68.4% [56]
Kalizna village Kaluga Oblast 20 13 65.0% [56]
Novosyolki village Kaliningrad Oblast 21 13 61.9% [57]
Zubakino village Leningrad Oblast 25 12 48% [58]
Yeruslanovka village Stavropol Krai 254 117 46.1% [59]
Prigorodnoye village Kaliningrad Oblast 114 51 44.7% [57]
Plavni village Kaliningrad Oblast 95 40 42.1% [57]
Pridorozhnoye village Kaliningrad Oblast 103 41 39.8% [57]
Otradnoye village Kaliningrad Oblast 115 43 37.4% [57]
Chubarovo village Kaluga Oblast 236 86 36.4% [56]
Dolina village Stavropol Krai 456 164 36.0% [59]
Kamyshovyi village Stavropol Krai 165 59 35.8% [59]
Mitinka village Kaluga Oblast 53 18 34.0% [56]
Belkino village Kaliningrad Oblast 70 23 32.9% [57]
Etoka village Stavropol Krai 2485 759 30.5% [59]
Reznikovo village Kaliningrad Oblast 53 16 30.2% [57]
Podlipovo village Kaliningrad Oblast 207 62 30.0% [57]
Lysogorskaya village Stavropol Krai 11220 3250 29.0% [59]
Orbelyanovka village Stavropol Krai 1436 413 28.8% [59]
Bely Yar village Kaliningrad Oblast 136 36 26.5% [57]
Panino village Kaluga Oblast 227 58 25.6% [56]
Kosarevo village Kaluga Oblast 68 17 25.0% [56]
Dunaevka village Stavropol Krai 727 176 24.2% [59]
Staromaryevka village Stavropol Krai 6889 1646 23.9% [59]
Nagorny khutor Stavropol Krai 295 69 23.4% [59]
Zavetnoye village Stavropol Krai 3751 871 23.2% [59]
Nezlobnaya village Stavropol Krai 19068 4129 21.7% [59]
Nizhnepodkumsky village Stavropol Krai 2289 494 21.6% [59]
Prigorodnoye village Kaliningrad Oblast 303 60 19.8% [57]
Medovoye village Kaliningrad Oblast 581 98 16.9% [57]
Prokhladnoye village Kaliningrad Oblast 370 62 16.8% [57]
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Ukraine

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Name Type Location Total Armenians % Ref
Aykavan[60] village Crimea[d] 160 ~100% [61]
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United States

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Name Type Location Total Armenians % Ref
Glendale[62] city California Los Angeles County, California 220,000 100,000 45% [63]
Little Armenia[64] neighborhood California Los Angeles, California 21,600 N/a [65]
Watertown[66][67] city Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts 33,000 2,700–8,000 8%–25% [68][69]
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Extinct enclaves

Armenian Church in Armanitola, Dhaka
Holy Trinity Cathedral in Gherla
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Name Type Current location Period Armenian population & %(date) Ref
Armanitola neighborhood Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh 18th century [70]
Armen Sefer neighborhood Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia early 20th century [71]
Ghala and Lilava
(Armanestān)		 neighborhood Iran Tabriz, Iran 19th century 6,000 (c. 1900) [72][73][74]
Ermenikend quarter Azerbaijan Nasimi raion, Baku, Azerbaijan 19th–20th centuries
Nərimanov raion city district Azerbaijan Baku, Azerbaijan mid-20th century 27.6–47.6% (1939–79) [75][76][77][78]
Dumbrăveni (Elisabetopolis) town Romania Sibiu County, Romania 17th century 30.98% (1850) [79]
Frumoasa commune Romania Harghita County, Romania 17th century 14.25% (1850) [79]
Gheorgheni city Romania Harghita County, Romania 17th century 21.33% (1850) [79]
Gherla (Armenopolis) city Romania Cluj County, Romania 17th century 43.48% (1850) [80]
Suceava city Romania Suceava County, Romania 14th–20th centuries 8.33% (1900)
Kınalıada island Turkey Istanbul, Turkey 19th–20th centuries 35,000 (seasonal)
65–95%		 [81][82][83][84]
Kizlyar town Russia Dagestan, Russia late 19th century 3,523 (48%) (1897) [85]
Kumkapı[86][87] quarter Turkey Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey
Nakhichevan-on-Don city Russia Rostov-on-Don, Russia 1778–1928 30–58.7% (1897) [88][89]
Old Armenian Town neighborhood United States Fresno, California, United States c. 1900—1950s [90]
Yettem settlement United States Tulare County, California, United States c. 1900—1920s 500 (100%) (1920) [91][92]
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Central Asia

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Name Type Current location Period Armenian population & %(date) Ref
Ashgabat town Turkmenistan Turkmenistan late 19th to early 20th century 13.53% (1926) [93]
Türkmenbashy town Turkmenistan Turkmenistan late 19th to early 20th century 12.99% (1897) [93]
Merv town Turkmenistan Turkmenistan late 19th to early 20th century 8.00% (1897) [93]
Gyzylarbat town Turkmenistan Turkmenistan late 19th to early 20th century 10.00% (1897) [93]
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Ukraine and Moldova (formerly Poland and Crimea)

Surb Sarkis church in Feodosia
Surp Khach Monastery in Staryi Krym
Bell tower of Armenian Saint Nicholas church in Kamianets-Podilskyi
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Name Type Current location Period Armenian population & %(date) Ref
Feodosia (Kaffa) city Crimea[d] 15th century 46,000 (65%) (1470s) [94]
Staryi Krym town Crimea[d] 471 (43.4%) (1863) [95]
Lwów[e] city Ukraine Lviv Oblast, Ukraine 14th–18th centuries 2,500 (minority) (1633) [96][97]
Kamieniec Podolski[e] city Ukraine Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine 14th–18th centuries Minority [96]
Jazłowiec[e] town Ukraine Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine 16th–18th centuries Minority [98]
Śniatyn[e] town Ukraine Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine 17th–18th centuries Minority [98]
Brody[e] town Ukraine Lviv Oblast, Ukraine 17th–18th centuries Minority [98]
Stanisławów[e] town Ukraine Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine 17th–18th centuries Minority [98]
Żwaniec[e] town Ukraine Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine 17th–18th centuries Minority [98]
Łysiec[e] town Ukraine Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine 17th–18th centuries Minority [98]
Horodenka[e] town Ukraine Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine 17th–18th centuries Minority [98]
Brzeżany[e] town Ukraine Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine 17th–18th centuries Minority [98]
Tyśmienica[e] town Ukraine Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine 17th–18th centuries Minority [98]
Obertyn[e] town Ukraine Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine 18th century Minority [98]
Mohylów Podolski[e] town Ukraine Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine 18th century Minority [98]
Józefgród[e] town Ukraine Odesa Oblast, Ukraine 18th century Minority [98]
Raszków[e] town Moldova Transnistria, Moldova 18th century Minority [98]
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Georgia and the adjacent Governorates of the Russian Empire

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Name Type Region Period Armenian population & %(date) Ref
Sighnaghi town Georgia (country) Kakheti 19th century 96% (c. 1836) [99]
Telavi town Georgia (country) Kakheti 19th century 81% (c. 1836) [99]
Gori town Georgia (country) Shida Kartli 19th century 58.25% (c. 1873) [100]
Sololaki neighborhood Georgia (country) Tbilisi 19th century Minority [101]
Batumi town Georgia (country) Adjara Late 19th century 24% (c. 1897) [102]
Oni town Georgia (country) Racha Late 19th century 13.78% (c. 1897) [103]
Artvin town Turkey Artvin province Late 19th century 65.52% (c. 1897) [104]
Dusheti town Georgia (country) Mtskheta-Mtianeti 19th century Majority [105]
Zaqatala town Azerbaijan Zaqatala Late 19th century 46.5% (c. 1897) [106]
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See also

Notes

  1. [a]
    This article only lists ethnic enclaves in the Armenian diaspora. Many sources describe Nagorno-Karabakh as having been an Armenian ethnic enclave,[1][2] which it was during most of its existence as the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (1923–1991), when it did not border Soviet Armenia. Before its dissolution in 2023 following a successful Azerbaijani offensive, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) was largely integrated with Armenia and the two de facto functioned as a single entity. However, the NKR's independence was never internationally recognized and it was regarded by all UN members as de jure part of Azerbaijan.
  2. [b]
    The Armenian population of Kessab was forced out in March 2014, during the Syrian Civil War.[15]
  3. [c]
    The status of Jerusalem is disputed between Israel and the State of Palestine, but the Old City is de facto administered by Israel.
  4. [d]
    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.
  5. [e]
    The city was home to one of Armenian communes in the Kingdom of Poland. For more information see: Armenians in Poland

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