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.
Name | Type | Location | Total | Armenians | % | Ref |
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Alfortville[3] | commune | Paris, France | 45,000 | 7,000–9,000 | 15–20% | [4] |
Issy-les-Moulineaux[5][6] | commune | Paris, France | 63,000 | 6,000–6,500 | 10% | [7] |
San Lazzaro degli Armeni[8] | island | Venice, Italy | 17 | ~100% | [9] |
There are several Armenian-populated villages in Syria: including Aramo,[10][11] Al-Ghanimeh (Ghnemieh),[11][12] Kessab[b] (2,000–2,200)[14][15] in Latakia; and Yakubiyah in Idlib.[10] Aleppo has the Armenian neighborhoods of Al-Jdayde and Nor Kyough (Midan).[16][17]
Armenians also resettled in al-Ashrafiya, Jordan from 1914, where they constructed an Armenian Apostolic Church and a school in 1962.[18]
Name | Type | Location | Total | Armenians | % | Ref |
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Anjar[19] | town | Zahlé, Lebanon | 2,400–4,000 | ~100% | [20][21] | |
Antelias | city | Metn, Lebanon | 16,000 | 3200–4,000 | ~20% | [3] |
Armenian Quarter | quarter | Old City, Jerusalem[c] | 2,424 | 500–1,000 | 21–41% | [22][23][24] |
Bourj Hammoud[25][26] | city | Metn, Lebanon | 150,000 | 110,000 | 73% | [27][28] |
New Julfa[29] | quarter | Isfahan, Iran | 10,000–12,000 | — | [30] | |
Zarneh (Boloran) | village | Isfahan Province, Iran | 61[31] | 61 | 100% | [32][33] |
Vakıflı | village | Hatay, Turkey | 135 | ~100% | [34] |
Name | Type | Location | Total | Armenians | % | Ref |
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Avlabari (Havlabar)[35][36] | neighborhood | Tbilisi | ||||
Javakheti (Javakhk) | province | Samtskhe-Javakheti | 95,280 | 90,373 | 94.8% | [37] |
As of 2004, there were "around 50-60 Armenian villages" in Abkhazia.[38] 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).[39]
Name | Type | Location | Total | Armenians | % | Ref |
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Adlersky City District | raion | Sochi, Krasnodar Krai | 138,572 | 44,000–80,000 | 32%–58% | [40][41][42] |
Edissiya[43] | village | Stavropol Krai | 5,657 | 5,377 | 92.7% | [44] |
Gaikodzor | village | Anapsky District, Krasnodar Krai | ||||
Karabagly | village | Dagestan | 723 | ~400 | 56% | [45][46] |
Myasnikovsky District | raion | Rostov Oblast | 39,631 | 22,108 | 56% | [47] |
Proletarsky raion (former Nakhichevan-on-Don)[48][49] | city raion | Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast | 122,174 | 10,008 | 8% | [50] |
Tuapsinsky District | raion | Krasnodar Krai | 62,400 | 13,700 | 22% | [51] |
Name | Type | Location | Total | Armenians | % | Ref |
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Aykavan[52] | village | Crimea[e] | 160 | ~100% | [53] |
Name | Type | Location | Total | Armenians | % | Ref |
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Glendale[54] | city | Los Angeles County, California | 220,000 | 100,000 | 45% | [55] |
Little Armenia[56] | neighborhood | Los Angeles, California | 21,600 | — | [57] | |
Watertown[58][59] | city | Boston, Massachusetts | 33,000 | 2,700–8,000 | 8%–25% | [60][61] |
Name | Type | Current location | Period | Armenian population & %(date) | Ref |
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Armanitola | neighborhood | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 18th century | [62] | |
Ghala and Lilava (Armanestān) |
neighborhood | Tabriz, Iran | 19th century | 6,000 (c. 1900) | [63][64][65] |
Ermenikend | quarter | Nasimi raion, Baku, Azerbaijan | 19th-20th centuries | ||
Nərimanov raion | city district | Baku, Azerbaijan | mid-20th century | 27.6–47.6% (1939–79) | [66][67][68][69] |
Gherla (Armenopolis) | city | Cluj County, Romania | 17th century | 43.48% (1850) | [70] |
Kınalıada | island | Istanbul, Turkey | 19th-20th centuries | 35,000 (seasonal) 65–95% |
[71][72][73][74] |
Kizlyar | town | Dagestan, Russia | late 19th century | 3,523 (48%) (1897) | [75] |
Kumkapı[76][77] | quarter | Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey | |||
Feodosia (Kaffa) | city | Crimea[e] | 15th century | 46,000 (65%) (1470s) | [78] |
Staryi Krym | town | Crimea[e] | 471 (43.4%) (1863) | [79] | |
Lwów[f] | city | Lviv Oblast, Ukraine | 14th–18th centuries | 2,500 (minority) (1633) | [80][81] |
Kamieniec Podolski[f] | city | Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine | 14th–18th centuries | Minority | [80] |
Jazłowiec[f] | town | Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine | 16th–18th centuries | Minority | [82] |
Śniatyn[f] | town | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine | 17th–18th centuries | Minority | [82] |
Brody[f] | town | Lviv Oblast, Ukraine | 17th–18th centuries | Minority | [82] |
Stanisławów[f] | town | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine | 17th–18th centuries | Minority | [82] |
Żwaniec[f] | town | Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine | 17th–18th centuries | Minority | [82] |
Łysiec[f] | town | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine | 17th–18th centuries | Minority | [82] |
Horodenka[f] | town | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine | 17th–18th centuries | Minority | [82] |
Brzeżany[f] | town | Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine | 17th–18th centuries | Minority | [82] |
Tyśmienica[f] | town | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine | 17th–18th centuries | Minority | [82] |
Obertyn[f] | town | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine | 18th century | Minority | [82] |
Mohylów Podolski[f] | town | Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine | 18th century | Minority | [82] |
Józefgród[f] | town | Odesa Oblast, Ukraine | 18th century | Minority | [82] |
Raszków[f] | town | Transnistria, Moldova | 18th century | Minority | [82] |
Nakhichevan-on-Don | city | Rostov-on-Don, Russia | 1778–1928 | 30–58.7% (1897) | [83][84] |
Old Armenian Town | neighborhood | Fresno, California, United States | c. 1900—1950s | [85] | |
Yettem | settlement | Tulare County, California, United States | c. 1900—1920s | 500 (100%) (1920) | [86][87] |