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

Extant enclaves

Europe

NameTypeLocationTotalArmenians%Ref
title=15 are hurt in Paris by 3 explosions in an Armenian neighborhoodurl=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/05/04/world/15-are-hurt-in-paris-by-3-explosions-in-an-armenian-neighborhood.htmlnewspaper=New York Timesdate=4 May 1984}}communeFrance Paris, France45,0007,000–9,00015–20%
Issy-les-MoulineauxcommuneFrance Paris, France63,0006,000–6,50010%
San Lazzaro degli ArmeniislandItaly Venice, Italy17~100%
ValencecommuneFrance Drôme, France64,4837,50010%
MarseilleprefectureFrance 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

NameTypeLocationTotalArmenians%Ref
AnjartownLebanon Zahlé, Lebanon2,400–6000~100%
AnteliascityLebanon Metn, Lebanon16,0003,200–4,000~20%
Armenian QuarterquarterIsrael Old City, Jerusalem2,424500–1,00021–41%
BeirutcityLebanon Beirut, Lebanon430,00051,600~12%
Bourj HammoudcityLebanon Metn, Lebanon150,000110,00073%
BzoummarvillageLebanon Keserwan District, Lebanon70030042%
MezhervillageLebanon Beirut, Lebanon1,000~100%
New JulfaquarterIran Isfahan, Iran10,000–12,000
Zarneh (Boloran)villageIran Isfahan Province, Iran6161100%
VakıflıvillageTurkey Hatay, Turkey135~100%

Post-Soviet states

Georgia

NameTypeLocationTotalArmenians%Ref
Avlabari (Havlabar)neighborhoodFlag of Tbilisi.svg Tbilisi
Javakheti (Javakhk)provinceSamtskhe-Javakheti95,28090,37394.8%
Abkhazia{{efn|Abkhazia is ''de jure'' recognized as part of Georgia by most countries, however, it is ''de facto'' independent.}}

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

Khachkar holiday in [[Gaikodzor
NameTypeLocationTotalArmenians%Ref
Adlersky City DistrictraionFlag of Krasnodar Krai.svg Sochi, Krasnodar Krai138,57244,000–80,00032%–58%
EdissiyavillageFlag of Stavropol Krai.svg Stavropol Krai5,6575,37792.7%
GaikodzorvillageFlag of Krasnodar Krai.svg Anapsky District, Krasnodar Krai
KarabaglyvillageFlag of Dagestan.svg Dagestan723~40056%
Myasnikovsky DistrictraionFlag of Rostov Oblast.svg Rostov Oblast39,63122,10856%
Proletarsky raion (former Nakhichevan-on-Don)city raionFlag of Rostov Oblast.svg Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast122,17410,0088%
Tuapsinsky DistrictraionFlag of Krasnodar Krai.svg Krasnodar Krai62,40013,70022%
Malye VnegoschivillageFlag of Kaluga Oblast.svg Spas-Demensky District, Kaluga Oblast1111100%
KrutayavillageFlag of Kaluga Oblast.svg Babyninsky District, Kaluga Oblast1010100%
ZhilnevovillageFlag of Kaluga Oblast.svg Dzerzhinsky District, Kaluga Oblast363494.4%
SverdlovovillageFlag of Kaluga Oblast.svg Medynsky District, Kaluga Oblast181583.3%
MayakvillageFlag of Kaluga Oblast.svg Meshchovsky District, Kaluga Oblast191368.4%
KaliznavillageFlag of Kaluga Oblast.svg Meshchovsky District, Kaluga Oblast201365.0%
NovosyolkivillageFlag of Kaliningrad Oblast.svg Pravdinsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast211361.9%
PrigorodnoyevillageFlag of Kaliningrad Oblast.svg Slavsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast1145144.7%
PlavnivillageFlag of Kaliningrad Oblast.svg Ozyorsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast954042.1%
PridorozhnoyevillageFlag of Kaliningrad Oblast.svg Chernyakhovsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast1034139.8%
OtradnoyevillageFlag of Kaliningrad Oblast.svg Ozyorsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast1154337.4%
ChubarovovillageFlag of Kaluga Oblast.svg Zhukovsky District, Kaluga Oblast2368636.4%
MitinkavillageFlag of Kaluga Oblast.svg Baryatinsky District, Kaluga Oblast531834.0%
BelkinovillageFlag of Kaliningrad Oblast.svg Pravdinsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast702332.9%
ReznikovovillageFlag of Kaliningrad Oblast.svg Ozyorsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast531630.2%
PodlipovovillageFlag of Kaliningrad Oblast.svg Pravdinsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast2076230.0%
Bely YarvillageFlag of Kaliningrad Oblast.svg Pravdinsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast1363626.5%
PaninovillageFlag of Kaluga Oblast.svg Zhukovsky District, Kaluga Oblast2275825.6%
KosarevovillageFlag of Kaluga Oblast.svg Kaluga Oblast681725.0%
PrigorodnoyevillageFlag of Kaliningrad Oblast.svg Gvardeysky District, Kaliningrad Oblast3036019.8%
MedovoyevillageFlag of Kaliningrad Oblast.svg Bagrationovsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast5819816.9%
ProkhladnoyevillageFlag of Kaliningrad Oblast.svg Slavsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast3706216.8%

Ukraine

NameTypeLocationTotalArmenians%Ref
AykavanvillageFlag of Crimea.svg Crimea160~100%

United States

NameTypeLocationTotalArmenians%Ref
GlendalecityCalifornia Los Angeles County, California220,000100,00045%
Little ArmenianeighborhoodCalifornia Los Angeles, California21,600
WatertowncityMassachusetts Boston, Massachusetts33,0002,700–8,0008%–25%

Extinct enclaves

NameTypeCurrent locationPeriodArmenian population & %(date)Ref
ArmanitolaneighborhoodBangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh18th century
Armen SeferneighborhoodEthiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopiaearly 20th century
Ghala and Lilava
(Armanestān)neighborhoodIran Tabriz, Iran19th century6,000 (c. 1900)
ErmenikendquarterAzerbaijan Nasimi raion, Baku, Azerbaijan19th–20th centuries
Nərimanov raioncity districtAzerbaijan Baku, Azerbaijanmid-20th century27.6–47.6% (1939–79)
Dumbrăveni (Elisabetopolis)townRomania Sibiu County, Romania17th century30.98% (1850)
FrumoasacommuneRomania Harghita County, Romania17th century14.25% (1850)
GheorghenicityRomania Harghita County, Romania17th century21.33% (1850)
Gherla (Armenopolis)cityRomania Cluj County, Romania17th century43.48% (1850)
KınalıadaislandTurkey Istanbul, Turkey19th–20th centuries35,000 (seasonal)
65–95%
KizlyartownRussia Dagestan, Russialate 19th century3,523 (48%) (1897)
KumkapıquarterTurkey Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey
Nakhichevan-on-DoncityRussia Rostov-on-Don, Russia1778–192830–58.7% (1897)
Old Armenian TownneighborhoodUnited States Fresno, California, United Statesc. 1900—1950s
YettemsettlementUnited States Tulare County, California, United Statesc. 1900—1920s500 (100%) (1920)

Central Asia

NameTypeCurrent locationPeriodArmenian population & %(date)Ref
AshgabattownTurkmenistan Turkmenistanlate 19th to early 20th century13.53% (1926)
TürkmenbashytownTurkmenistan Turkmenistanlate 19th to early 20th century12.99% (1897)
MervtownTurkmenistan Turkmenistanlate 19th to early 20th century8.00% (1897)
GyzylarbattownTurkmenistan Turkmenistanlate 19th to early 20th century10.00% (1897)

Ukraine and Moldova (formerly Poland and Crimea)

Surb Sarkis church in [[Feodosia
Bell tower of Armenian Saint Nicholas church in [[Kamianets-Podilskyi
NameTypeCurrent locationPeriodArmenian population & %(date)Ref
Feodosia (Kaffa)cityFlag of Crimea.svg Crimea15th century46,000 (65%) (1470s)
Staryi KrymtownFlag of Crimea.svg Crimea471 (43.4%) (1863)
LwówcityUkraine Lviv Oblast, Ukraine14th–18th centuries2,500 (minority) (1633)
Kamieniec PodolskicityUkraine Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine14th–18th centuriesMinority
JazłowiectownUkraine Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine16th–18th centuriesMinority
ŚniatyntownUkraine Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine17th–18th centuriesMinority
BrodytownUkraine Lviv Oblast, Ukraine17th–18th centuriesMinority
StanisławówtownUkraine Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine17th–18th centuriesMinority
ŻwaniectownUkraine Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine17th–18th centuriesMinority
ŁysiectownUkraine Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine17th–18th centuriesMinority
HorodenkatownUkraine Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine17th–18th centuriesMinority
BrzeżanytownUkraine Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine17th–18th centuriesMinority
TyśmienicatownUkraine Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine17th–18th centuriesMinority
ObertyntownUkraine Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine18th centuryMinority
Mohylów PodolskitownUkraine Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine18th centuryMinority
JózefgródtownUkraine Odesa Oblast, Ukraine18th centuryMinority
RaszkówtownMoldova Transnistria, Moldova18th centuryMinority

Georgia and the adjacent Governorates of the Russian Empire

NameTypeRegionPeriodArmenian population & %(date)Ref
SighnaghitownGeorgia Kakheti19th century96% (c. 1836)
TelavitownGeorgia Kakheti19th century81% (c. 1836)
GoritownGeorgia Shida Kartli19th century58.25% (c. 1873)
SololakineighborhoodGeorgia Tbilisi19th centuryMinority
BatumitownGeorgia AdjaraLate 19th century24% (c. 1897)
OnitownGeorgia RachaLate 19th century13.78% (c. 1897)
ArtvintownTurkey Artvin provinceLate 19th century65.52% (c. 1897)
DushetitownGeorgia Mtskheta-Mtianeti19th centuryMajority
ZaqatalatownAzerbaijan ZaqatalaLate 19th century46.5% (c. 1897)

Notes

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