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. Most numbers are estimates by various organizations and media, because many countries simply do not collect data on ethnicity.
Extant enclaves
Europe
Name Type Location AlfortvilleThis New York Times article calls Alfortville "an Armenian neighborhood": commune Paris, France45,0007,000–9,00015–20% Issy-les-Moulineaux commune Paris, France 63,000 6,000–6,500 10% San Lazzaro degli Armeni island Venice, Italy 17 ~100% Valencecommune Drôme, France64,4837,50010%Marseilleprefecture Bouches-du-Rhône, France873,07680,0009%
Middle East Syria There are several Armenian-populated villages in Syria: including Aramo, Al-Ghanimeh (Ghnemieh), Kessab (2,000–2,200) in Latakia; and Yakubiyah in Idlib. Aleppo has the Armenian neighborhoods of Al-Jdayde and Nor Kyough (Midan).
Jordan Armenians also resettled in al-Ashrafiya, Jordan from 1914, where they constructed an Armenian Apostolic Church and a school in 1962.
other countries Name Type Location Total Armenians % Anjar town Zahlé, Lebanon 2,400–6000 ~100%Anteliascity Metn, Lebanon16,0003,200–4,000~20% Armenian Quarter quarter Old City, Jerusalem2,424500–1,000 21–41% Beirutcity Beirut, Lebanon 430,00051,600~12% Bourj Hammoud city Metn, Lebanon150,000110,00073% Bzoummarvillage Keserwan District, Lebanon70030042%Mezhervillage Beirut, Lebanon 1,000~100% New Julfa quarter Isfahan, Iran 10,000–12,000 Zarneh (Boloran) village Isfahan Province, Iran6161100% Vakıflı village Hatay, Turkey 135 ~100%
Post-Soviet states Georgia
Name Type Location Total Armenians % Avlabari (Havlabar) neighborhood Tbilisi Javakheti (Javakhk) province Samtskhe-Javakheti95,28090,37394.8%
Abkhazia As of 2004, there were "around 50–60 Armenian villages" in Abkhazia. 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).
Russia
Name Type Location Total Armenians % Adlersky City District raion Sochi, Krasnodar Krai138,57244,000–80,00032%–58% Edissiya village 5,6575,37792.7% Gaikodzor village Anapsky District, Krasnodar Krai Karabagly village Dagestan723~40056% Myasnikovsky District raion Rostov Oblast39,63122,10856% Proletarsky raion (former Nakhichevan-on-Don) city raion Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast122,17410,0088% Tuapsinsky District raion Krasnodar Krai62,40013,70022% Malye Vnegoschi village 1111100% Krutaya village 1010100% Zhilnevo village 363494.4% Sverdlovo village 181583.3% Mayak village 191368.4% Kalizna village 201365.0% Novosyolki village 211361.9% Zubakino village 251248% Yeruslanovka village 25411746.1% Prigorodnoye village 1145144.7% Plavni village 954042.1% Pridorozhnoye village 1034139.8% Otradnoye village 1154337.4% Chubarovo village 2368636.4% Dolina village 45616436.0% Kamyshovyi village 1655935.8% Mitinka village 531834.0% Belkino village Kaliningrad Oblast702332.9% Etoka village 248575930.5% Reznikovo village Kaliningrad Oblast531630.2% Podlipovo village Kaliningrad Oblast2076230.0% Lysogorskaya village 11220325029.0% Orbelyanovka village 143641328.8% Bely Yar village Kaliningrad Oblast1363626.5% Panino village 2275825.6% Kosarevo village 681725.0% Dunaevka village 72717624.2% Staromaryevka village 6889164623.9% Nagorny khutor 2956923.4% Zavetnoye village 375187123.2% Nezlobnaya village 19068412921.7% Nizhnepodkumsky village 228949421.6% Prigorodnoye village 3036019.8% Medovoye village 5819816.9% Prokhladnoye village 3706216.8%
Ukraine Name Type Location Total Armenians % Aykavan village Crimea 160 ~100%
United States Name Type Location Total Armenians % Glendale city Los Angeles County, California220,000100,000 45% Little Armenia neighborhood Los Angeles, California21,600 Watertown city Boston, Massachusetts33,0002,700–8,000 8%–25% Watertown in Armeniapedia.orgArmenians in Watertown, MA in Hayk the Ubiquitous Armenian
Extinct enclaves
Name Type Current location Period Armenian population & %(date) Armanitola neighborhood Dhaka, Bangladesh 18th century Armen Sefer neighborhood Addis Ababa, Ethiopia early 20th century Ghala and Lilava(Armanestān) neighborhood Tabriz, Iran 19th century 6,000 (c. 1900)Shahvar, Soli. (2009). Forgotten Schools: The Baha'is and Modern Education in Iran, 1899–1934. I.B.Tauris. p. 42 "Tabriz had an elementary school and a kindergarten in each of the two Armenian districts of the city (Gala and Lilava) (...)"Berberian, Houri (2001). Armenians and the Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1905–1911. Westview Press. "[...) in the predominantly and at times exclusively Armenian towns of Ghala and Lilava." Ermenikend quarter Nasimi raion, Baku, Azerbaijan 19th–20th centuries Nərimanov raion city district Baku, Azerbaijan mid-20th century 27.6–47.6% (1939–79) Dumbrăveni (Elisabetopolis) town Sibiu County, Romania 17th century 30.98% (1850) Frumoasa commune Harghita County, Romania 17th century 14.25% (1850) Gheorgheni city Harghita County, Romania 17th century 21.33% (1850) Gherla (Armenopolis) city Cluj County, Romania 17th century 43.48% (1850) Suceava city Suceava County, Romania 14th–20th centuries 8.33% (1900) Kınalıada island Istanbul, Turkey 19th–20th centuries 35,000 (seasonal)65–95% Kizlyar town Dagestan, Russia late 19th century 3,523 (48%) (1897) Kumkapı quarter Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey Nakhichevan-on-Don city Rostov-on-Don, Russia 1778–1928 30–58.7% (1897) Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г. Распределение населения по родному языку и уездам 50 губерний Европейской России As of 1897, the total population was 28,427, Armenians composed 29.1% of the population with 8,277 people Old Armenian Town neighborhood Fresno, California, United States c. 1900—1950s. Adapted from the National Register of Historic Places nomination, originally prepared by Robby Antoyan. Yettem settlement Tulare County, California, United States c. 1900—1920s 500 (100%) (1920)
Central Asia NameTypeCurrent locationPeriodArmenian population & %(date) Ashgabat town Turkmenistan late 19th to early 20th century 13.53% (1926) Türkmenbashytown Turkmenistanlate 19th to early 20th century12.99% (1897)Mervtown Turkmenistanlate 19th to early 20th century8.00% (1897)Gyzylarbattown Turkmenistanlate 19th to early 20th century10.00% (1897)
Ukraine and Moldova (formerly Poland and Crimea)
NameTypeCurrent locationPeriodArmenian population & %(date) Feodosia (Kaffa) city Crimea 15th century46,000 (65%) (1470s) Staryi Krym town Crimea471 (43.4%) (1863) Lwów city Lviv Oblast, Ukraine 14th–18th centuries2,500 (minority) (1633) Kamieniec Podolski city Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine 14th–18th centuriesMinority Jazłowiec town Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine 16th–18th centuriesMinority Śniatyn town Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine 17th–18th centuriesMinority Brody town Lviv Oblast, Ukraine 17th–18th centuriesMinority Stanisławów town Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine 17th–18th centuriesMinority Żwaniec town Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine 17th–18th centuriesMinority Łysiec town Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine 17th–18th centuriesMinority Horodenka town Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine 17th–18th centuriesMinority Brzeżany town Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine 17th–18th centuriesMinority Tyśmienica town Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine 17th–18th centuriesMinority Obertyn town Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine 18th centuryMinority Mohylów Podolski town Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine 18th centuryMinority Józefgród town Odesa Oblast, Ukraine 18th centuryMinority Raszków town Transnistria, Moldova 18th centuryMinority
Georgia and the adjacent Governorates of the Russian Empire Name Type Region Period Armenian population & %(date) Sighnaghi town Kakheti 19th century96% (c. 1836) Telavi town Kakheti 19th century81% (c. 1836)Goritown Shida Kartli19th century58.25% (c. 1873)Sololakineighborhood Tbilisi19th centuryMinorityBatumitown AdjaraLate 19th century24% (c. 1897)Onitown RachaLate 19th century13.78% (c. 1897)Artvintown Artvin provinceLate 19th century65.52% (c. 1897)Dushetitown Mtskheta-Mtianeti19th centuryMajorityZaqatalatown ZaqatalaLate 19th century46.5% (c. 1897)
See also Armenian diaspora Ethnic enclave
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