List of Armenian ethnic enclaves

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.[lower-alpha 1] Most numbers are estimates by Armenian (and non-Armenian) organizations and media, because many countries simply do not collect data on ethnicity.

Extant enclaves

San Lazzaro degli Armeni, located in the Venetian Lagoon, is home to an Armenian Catholic monastery.

Europe

Name Type Location Total Armenians % Ref
Alfortville[3] commune France Paris, France 36,000 6,000 17% [4]
Issy-les-Moulineaux[5] commune France Paris, France 63,000 5,000 8% [6]
San Lazzaro degli Armeni[7] island Italy Venice, Italy 35 ~100% [8]

Middle East

Syria

There are several Armenian-populated villages in Syria: including Aramo,[9][10] Al-Ghanimeh (Ghnemieh),[11][10] Kessab[lower-alpha 2] (2,000–2,200)[13][14] in Latakia; and Yakubiyah in Idlib.[9] Aleppo has an Armenian neighborhood called Midan (Nor Kyough).[15][16]

other countries
Name Type Location Total Armenians % Ref
Anjar[17] town Lebanon Zahlé, Lebanon 2,400–4,000 ~100% [18][19]
Armenian Quarter quarter Old City, Jerusalem[lower-alpha 3] 2,424 500–1,000 21–41% [20][21][22]
Bourj Hammoud[23] city Lebanon Beirut, Lebanon 150,000 110,000 73% [24][25]
New Julfa[26] quarter Iran Isfahan, Iran 10,000–12,000 N/A [27]
Vakıflı village Turkey Hatay, Turkey 135 ~100% [28]

Post-Soviet states

 Abkhazia (de facto)[lower-alpha 4]

As of 2004, there were "around 50-60 Armenian villages" in Abkhazia.[29] 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).[30]

Javakheti (Javakhk) shown in red on the map of Georgia with Samtskhe-Javakheti provincial borders outlined.
 Georgia
Name Type Location Total Armenians % Ref
Avlabari (Havlabar)[31][32] neighborhood Tbilisi
Javakheti (Javakhk) province Samtskhe-Javakheti 95,280 90,373 94.8% [33]

 Russia

Name Type Location Total Armenians % Ref
Adlersky City District raion Sochi, Krasnodar Krai 138,572 44,000–80,000 32%–58% [34][35][36]
Aykavan[37] village Crimea[lower-alpha 5] 160 ~100% [38]
Edissiya[39] village Stavropol Krai 5,657 5,377 92.7% [40]
Gaikodzor village Anapsky District, Krasnodar Krai
Karabagly village Dagestan 723 ~400 56% [41][42]
Myasnikovsky District raion Rostov Oblast 39,631 22,108 56% [43]
Tuapsinsky District raion Krasnodar Krai 62,400 13,700 22% [44]

 United States

Name Type Location Total Armenians % Ref
Glendale[45] city California Los Angeles, California 190,000 54,000–100,000 28%–53% [46]
Little Armenia[47] neighborhood California Los Angeles, California 21,600 N/A [48]
Watertown[49][50] city Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts 33,000 2,700–8,000 8%–25% [51][52]

Extinct enclaves

Name (current & former) Type Current location Period % Armenian (date) Ref
Armanitola neighborhood Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh 18th century [53]
Armenikend quarter Azerbaijan Nasimi raion, Baku, Azerbaijan 19th-20th centuries N/A
Nərimanov raion city district Azerbaijan Baku, Azerbaijan mid-20th century 27.6–47.6% [54][55][56][57]
Gherla (Armenopolis) city Romania Cluj County, Romania 17th century [58]
Kumkapı[59][60] quarter Turkey Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey N/A
Feodosia (Kaffa) city Russia Crimea (de facto) 15th century +65% [61]
Nakhichevan-on-Don city Russia near Rostov-on-Don, Don Host Oblast, Russia 1778–1928 30–58.7% [62][63]
Old Armenian Town neighborhood United States Fresno, California, United States

Notes

  1. ↑ This article only lists ethnic enclaves in the Armenian diaspora. Many sources describe Nagorno-Karabakh as an Armenian ethnic enclave,[1][2] which it was during most of its existence as the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (1923–91), when it did not border Soviet Armenia. Since the end of the 1988–94 war, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has been largely integrated with the Republic of Armenia and the two today de facto function as a single entity. However, the NKR remains internationally unrecognized and is regarded by all UN members as de jure part of Azerbaijan.
  2. ↑ The Armenian population of Kessab was forced out in March 2014, during the Syrian Civil War.[12]
  3. ↑ The status of Jerusalem is disputed between Israel and the State of Palestine, but the Old City is de facto administered by Israel.
  4. ↑ Abkhazia is de jure recognized as part of Georgia by most countries, however, it is de facto independent.
  5. ↑ 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.

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  2. ↑ Barry, Ellen (24 June 2011). "Azerbaijan and Armenia Fail to End Enclave Dispute". New York Times. ...Nagorno-Karabakh, an Armenian enclave...
  3. ↑ This New York Times article calls Alfortville "an Armenian neighborhood": "15 are hurt in Paris by 3 explosions in an Armenian neighborhood". New York Times. 4 May 1984.
  4. ↑ "The Armenians of France". Armenian General Benevolent Union. 1 March 1995. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. One-sixth of Alfortville’s 36,000 population is Armenian...
  5. ↑ Dubouis, Kevin (18 April 2013). "Dubouis: Revoking Denial of Pride". The Armenian Weekly. ...the Armenian district of Issy-les-Moulineaux...
  6. ↑ Yessayan, Catherine (20 June 2012). "Armenians of Issy-les-Moulineaux". Asbarez. Of the City’s 63,000 population, about 5,000 are Armenians.
  7. ↑ Saryan, Levon A. (11 July 2011). "A Visit to San Lazzaro: An Armenian Island in the Heart of Europe". The Armenian Weekly.
  8. ↑ Imboden, Durant. "San Lazzaro degli Armeni". Europe for Visitors. Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Its residents include 10 monks, 10 seminarians, and 15 Armenian students...
  9. 1 2 Zaman, Amberin (8 April 2014). "Turkey losing propaganda war over Syrian Armenians". Al-Monitor. ...Kassab along with a few other Armenian villages — Aramo, Ghnemieh and Yacoubieh...
  10. 1 2 Cholakian, Hagop (18 June 2012). "Latin Rite Roman Catholics of Armenian Descent in Syria". Noravank Foundation. ...the Armenian populated villages Aramo, Ghnemiye and Arpali...
  11. ↑ "Armenian Populated Village in Latakia Liberated". Asbarez. 22 January 2016.
  12. ↑ Manjikian, Lalai (25 March 2014). "Kessab: Deep Roots Under Attack". The Armenian Weekly. The predominantly Armenian enclave of Kessab is now emptied of its Armenian population that has been there for hundreds of years, after rebel forces descended on the region from Turkey.
  13. ↑ Sherlock, Ruth (14 April 2014). "Turkey 'aided Islamist fighters' in attack on Syrian town". The Daily Telegraph. Almost all of the villages approximately 2,000 inhabitants had fled.
  14. ↑ Gilbert, Ben (7 May 2014). "Taking Refuge: Armenian Family Exiled For Third Time In Century". Al Jazeera. ...mostly Armenian Christian village of Kassab (population 2,200)...
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  17. ↑ Kahana, Ephraim; Suwaed, Muhammad (2009). Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Intelligence. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 179. ISBN 9780810863026. ...Anjar, an Armenian village in the Bekaa Valley.
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  20. ↑ Beltran, Gray (9 May 2011). "Torn between two worlds and an uncertain future". Columbia University. Archived from the original on 30 May 2014. Today, about 500 Armenians live in the Armenian Quarter.
  21. ↑ "The Armenian Quarter". Jewish Virtual Library. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Currently, about one thousand Armenians live in the Armenian Quarter.
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  27. ↑ Petrosyan, David (1998). Армянская община в Иране (in Russian). Institute for Central Asian and Caucasian Studies. ...еще 10-12 тысяч - в Исфагане (армяне называют его Новой Джугой)...
  28. ↑ Kanbolat, Hasan (2 October 2012). "Syrian Conflict Taking Toll on Turkey’s Last Armenian Village". Al-Monitor. Vakifli, a village in Hatay province, is Turkey’s sole remaining Armenian village. Home to just 135 people...
  29. ↑ Tchilingirian, Hratch. "The Armenian community in Abkhazia Today". Armenian Reporter International. Archived from the original on 30 May 2014. There are now around 50-60 Armenian villages in Abkhazia...
  30. ↑ "Итоги переписи населения Республики Абхазия 2011 года [Results of census of Republic of Abkhazia in 2011]" (in Russian). Sukhumi: Abkhazian Office of State Statistics.
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  34. ↑ Schreck, Carl (5 May 2006). "Sochi's Armenian Diaspora Weeps". The Moscow Times. Archived from the original on 30 May 2014. ...Sochi's Adler district, home to about 80,000 ethnic Armenians...
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  38. ↑ Трудовской сельский совет (in Russian). Website of the Simferopol district of the State Administration of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
  39. ↑ Армяне Ставропольского края отметили 210-летие села Эдиссия (in Russian). Caucasian Knot. 2 September 2007. ...армянского поселения Эдиссия - одного из старейших армянских поселений на Юге России.
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  45. ↑ Bittman, Mark (4 July 2013). "This Armenian Life". New York Times. Among those cities is Glendale ... a center of the Armenian diaspora and home to one of the world’s largest Armenian populations outside Armenia.
  46. ↑ Casey, Nicholas (25 April 2009). "In Armenian Enclave, Turkish Deal Arouses Suspicion". The Wall Street Journal. This Los Angeles suburb is home to one of America's most robust Armenian diaspora communities, with 80,000 to 100,000 ethnic Armenians making up about a third of the population.
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  59. ↑ Schäfers, Marlene (26 July 2008). "Managing the difficult balance between tourism and authenticity: Kumkapı". Hürriyet Daily News. Kumkapı, since then, has been dominated by Armenians and Greeks. Over the centuries, the quarter's population retained this ethnic-linguistic characteristic – in fact, as late as the 1950s, Kumkapı was still known as an Armenian quarter. Starting in the 1960s, however, Kumkapı's Armenian population began to decrease, with people moving abroad to Europe or America or simply to other quarters of the city, like Samatya, Yeniköy or Bakırköy. C1 control character in |quote= at position 158 (help)
  60. ↑ Nahai, Gina B. (2000). Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith. New York: Washington Square Press. p. 219. ISBN 9780671042837. Istanbul's Armenian ghetto, the Kumkapi bordered the wholesale fish market and was populated almost entirely by Armenians.
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  62. ↑ (Russian) 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
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