About Armenia

About Armenia

Noted Italian poet Tonino Guerra once said about Armenia “Armenia is the only place that hanged me. I would said entirely. I had already seen, of course, magnificent cathedrals, wonders of the world, works of art in different corners of the world, and all that, I found it fascinating. But it’s really Armenia that transformed me.”

The Republic of Armenia is a magnificent landlocked country situated in the Armenian highlands of western Asia. A member of the former Soviet Union, Armenia is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the North, Azerbaijan to the east, and parts of Azerbaijan and Iran to the South.

One of Armenia's beautiful and the world's oldest inhabited cities, Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia. With its economic growth, the city has transformed from a provincial town within the Russian Empire to Armenia's administrative, cultural, artistic, and industrial center.

Armenian is the official language of Armenia. However, there are two main foreign languages that Armenians speak, Russian and English. The medium of instruction in most Armenian institutes is English and Armenian.

Apart from providing world class education at affordable cost, Armenia is known for its music, art and old soviet inspired architecture. The Armenian script has its own alphabet which consists of 39 letters. By early 1960, Armenia recorded a literacy rate of 100%.

The National Program for Educational Excellence helped create an internationally competitive and academically rigorous educational program for the Armenian schools to ensure that teacher's roles in society, their status, and importance are increased.

In Armenia, the Education Sector is recognized and authorized by the Ministry of Education and Science. The tuition fees for education in Armenia are one of the lowest in the world.

Quick Facts about Armenia:

• Armenia is one of the oldest countries in the world with earliest records dating back to 700 BCE.
• Armenia is the home to the world’s first Church, Etchmiadzin Cathedral.
• Armenia is also the home to the world’s oldest winery in the village of Areni.
• In early 1960, Armenia reportedly had a literacy rate of 100%.
• The national symbol of Armenia is Mountain Ararat, the sacred mountain in Christianity.
• Armenia is the third most densely populated country of the Soviet republics with a population of 2,951,745.