Cities in Armenia (list) are given for reference. Since ethnic breakdown is not available for cities besides Yerevan, 99% is given as the presumed percentage of ethnic Armenians for every city in Armenia.[a]
A "conservative" estimate by Charles A. Burney put the population of Tushpa (Van), the capital of Urartu, and its suburbs at 50,000.[74][75] A. A. Martirosyan proposed 30,000 for Argishtikhinili (Armavir).[76]Konstantine Hovhannisyan estimated a population of 20,000 for Teishebaini (Karmir Blur, now within Yerevan).[77] Yervand Grekyan criticized these numbers as highly exaggerated and proposed 1,800 to 2,000 in Karmur Blur and 3,000 to 4,000 for Argishtikhinili.[78]
The population of Tigranocerta, the capital founded by Tigranes the Great (r. 95-55–BC), has been estimated at up to 100,000,[79] "over a quarter of a million",[80] possibly 300,000,[81] or even 500,000.[82] These are partly or entirely based on Appian, who in Mithridatic War §67 attests that Tigranes carried 300,000 people from Cappadocia to Tigranocerta. Many scholars cite the number without critical examination,[83][84][85] while Thomas Sinclair found it exaggerated.[86]
Dvin had an estimated population of 45,000 in 361, 47,000 in 622, and around 100,000 at its height in the 8th-9th centuries.[89] Nyura Hakobyan proposed a peak population of 100,000 to 150,000.[90]
Scholars conventionally put the population of Ani, the Bagratid capital, at around 100,000.[91][92] Lucy Der Manuelian noted that the figure, first reported by Matthew of Edessa, has been questioned by modern scholars, but Nikolai Marr, who excavated the site, noted that "most of the people probably lived just outside the walls." Hakob Manandyan noted that Ani's population was "unquestionably more than that of contemporary cities in Western Europe."[93]
^Armenia is a monoethnic country, where according to the 2011 census, 98.1% of the population are ethnic Armenians. In urban areas, the percentage stands at 99.04%.[1]
^ abc"Les Arméniens en France". Le Point (in French). 22 December 2011. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. ...la région parisienne (plus de 200 000 personnes), la région marseillaise (plus de 150 000) et la région lyonnaise (environ 150 000).; republished in "Les Arméniens en France". La Croix (in French). 15 February 2015. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021.
^Redichkina, Ksenia (27 March 2018). "Кавминводы будут жить по новым правилам". Parlamentskaya gazeta (in Russian). Federal Assembly of Russia. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Регион-агломерация Кавказские Минеральные Воды. [...] В Ставропольском крае это города и города-курорты Георгиевск, Минеральные Воды (включая курорт Кумагорск и курортную местность Нагута), Пятигорск, Железноводск, Лермонтов, Ессентуки, Кисловодск, а также районы Георгиевский, Минераловодский и Предгорный.
^ abcdefgAkopyan, Viktor (2007). "Проблемы армян Ставропольского края"(PDF). noravank.am (in Russian). Noravank Foundation. pp. 27–28. Archived from the original(PDF) on 24 January 2021. Таким центром всегда был Пятигорск, и в силу того, что здесь самая крупная армянская община, и в силу того, что к нему тяготеют все общины региона Кавказских Минеральных Вод, где проживает большая часть армянского населения края. [...] Армянские общественные объединения не занимаются проведением переписи армянского населения. Самые общие данные таковы: Пятигорск с окрестностями – около 30 тыс.; Георгиевск с районом – 25-30; Ставрополь с соседним г.Михайловским – 25 тыс.; Кисловодск – более 15 тыс.; Минеральные Воды и район – более 12 тыс.; Буденновск и район – более 8 тыс.; Ессентуки и станица Ессентукская – ок. 8 тыс.; Эдиссия – 6 тыс. и Курской район – 5 тыс.; Невинномысск – около 3 тыс.; Железноводск с пос.Иноземцево – 3 тыс.; Зеленокумск – 3 тыс.;
"Ինչպիսի՞ն են տրամադրությունները Թբիլիսիում ընտրությունների նախօրեին". aaeurop.com (in Armenian). Armenian Assembly of Europe. May 27, 2010. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Թբիլիսիի հայկական ասամբլեայի համակարգող Առնոլդ Ստեփանյանը ասում է, որ իրենց տվյալներով թբիլիսահայերի քանակը իրականում հասնում է 120 հազար։
^"À Marseille, personne n'échappe à cette mémoire". L'Humanité (in French). 24 April 2015. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Un siècle après le génocide, on évalue à 80 000 le nombre d'Arméniens vivant à Marseille, sans que personne ne puisse confirmer scientifiquement ce chiffre.
^"Национальные объединения: "Армянская община"". volgograd-trv.ru (in Russian). Volgograd Regional TV. 22 February 2011. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Лишь по самым скромным подсчетам, в нашем регионе проживает около 120 тысяч армян.
^"Для будущего Краснодара выбрана агломерационная модель: что это значит". kuban.rbc.ru (in Russian). 20 August 2019. Archived from the original on 3 September 2020. В «Краснодарскую агломерацию» — помимо кубанской столицы — внесли Динской и Северский районы, Горячий Ключ, а также Тахтамукайский и Теучежский районы Республики Адыгея и город Адыгейск.
^"Стратегия развития Краснодарского края"(PDF). kuban.lc-av.ru (in Russian). Strategy of social and economic development of Krasnodar Krai. 2017. p. 26. Черноморская экономическая зона включает города Новороссийск, Анапа и Геленджик, Туапсинский район, а также Темрюкский район в составе отдельной подзоны (Таманской)
^"Հայաշատ Տուապսեում 600 տուն է հեղեղվել". Tert.am. 22 August 2012. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Տուապսեում հայկական հոծ համայնք կա, պաշտոնական տվյալներով՝ մոտ 12 հազար բնակչության 20 տոկոսը, ոչ պաշտոնական տվյալներով՝ 25 հազար...
^"Армяне Анапы". sobesednikam.ru (in Russian). Sobesednik Armenii. 25 December 2012. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Армян в Анапе 15 тысяч, 4 тысячи в Гайкодзоре. А еще в Витязеве, Джемете, Рассвете, Заре, Супсехе, Сукко, Победе, Анапской, Раевской и других населенных пунктах, примыкающих к Анапе. Всего примерно 23 тысячи армян.
^Erkanyan, Aleksandr (1 December 2012). "Армяне Новороссийска" (in Russian). Sobesednik Armenii. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. По официальным данным, в Новороссийске численность армян составляет 20 тысяч человек.
^Erkanyan, Aleksandr (30 November 2017). "Армяне Геленджика". russia-armenia.info (in Armenian). Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. ...в городе 3 тысячи. А в Геленджикском районе проживает 5 тысяч армян.
^"Արգենտինայի հայկական ռիթմերը". civilnet.am (in Armenian). 28 September 2012. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Հայության թիվն Արգենտինայում մոտ 70-80 հազար է, հիմնական մասը Բուենոս Այրեսում է բնակվում:
^Agabian, Nancy (December 18, 2015). "Meeting the Man on the Street". Kweli Journal. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. In the metropolitan New York area, there are roughly 50,000 Armenians.
^"Бескультурье порождает нетерпимость". novostispb.ru (in Russian). Novosti Peterburga. 17 November 2010. Archived from the original on 27 November 2010. В нынешний год празднования 300-летия диаспоры Петербург насчитывает около 50 тысяч армян
^Babayan, Aza (May 20, 2012). "Армяне в северной столице России". azatutyun.am (in Russian). RFE/RL. И вот в этом туманно-дождливом, прекрасном городе живет около ста тысяч наших соотечественников.
^"Armenian Independence Day Festival". acecwatertown.org. Watertown, Massachusetts: Armenian Cultural and Educational Center. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Today, over 50,000 Armenians are living throughout the Greater Boston area...
^"Our History". armenianradioboston.com. Armenian Independent Broadcasting of Boston. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. ...the Greater Boston area's nearly 50,000 Armenian listeners.
Hovhannisyan, Sasun (14 December 2011). "Լիոնի հայկական համայնքը. հայրենի շունչ Ֆրանսիայի սրտում". ankakh.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013. Ռոն-Ալպի ամենամեծ հայկական համայնքներից մեկն էլ Լիոնի համայնքն է: Այստեղ ներկայումս, ոչ պաշտոնական տվյալներով, բնակվում է շուրջ 30000 – 40000 հայ, այն դեպքում, երբ ամբողջ Ռոն-Ալպ տարածաշրջանում հայերի թիվը մոտ 80000-100000 է:
^Armenakyan, Nazik (March 13, 2017). "A Portrait of Armenian Women In Iran". chai-khana.org. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. At present, however, this community consists of 60,000 Armenians, the majority of which - 50,000 - live in Tehran.
^Madatyan, Marine (19 June 2013). "Կանադայի Սրբազանը կհանդիպի Վեհափառին". Hetq (in Armenian). Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Միայն Տորոնտոյի համայնքում մոտ 40-50 հազար հայ կա, իսկ Մոնրեալի հայությունը արդեն 45 հազարի է հասնում:
^Yeretsian, Raffi. "Montreal (Canada)". Armenian Diaspora Survey. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. There is a consensus, however, that this number could be as high as 40,000.
^"Самарско-Тольяттинская агломерация". economy.samregion.ru (in Russian). Ministry of Economic Development and investments of the Samara region. 25 March 2014. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020.
^Burney, Charles (December 1972). "Urartian Irrigation Works". Anatolian Studies. 22: 183. doi:10.2307/3642562. ISSN2048-0849. JSTOR3642562. S2CID131657710. The construction of the Menua canal would have made a population of fifty thousand in Van itself, the city and its garden suburbs, a conservative estimate. Since the population in the nineteenth century A.D. exceeded that figure, there is no need to suggest a smaller population in the Urartian capital.26 This may have reached its highest level under Rusa II...
^Çevik, Özlem (January 2005). "The Change of Settlement Patterns in Lake Van Basin: Ecological Constrains caused by Highland Landscape". Altorientalische Forschungen. 32 (1). doi:10.1524/aofo.2005.32.1.74. S2CID163661607. According to Burney's conservative estimate, the population of Tushpa was 50.000 people.59 [Burney (1972,182).]
^cited in Grekyan 2018, p. 251. Мартиросян А. А. Археологические памятники Армении : 8- / АН АрмССР. Ин-т археологии и этнографии. 8: , Урартские памятники. Вып. 1, Мартиросян, А.А. Аргиштихнили. - 1974. p. 137
^Lang, David Marshall (1970). Armenia: Cradle of Civilization. London: Allen & Unwin. p. 136. ...the mighty city of Tigranokerta ... This metropolis of over a quarter of a million souls rapidly declined to the status of a second-rate provincial town.
^Sinclair, T.A. (1989). Eastern Turkey: An Architectural & Archaeological Survey, Volume III. Pindar Press. p. 364. ISBN9780907132349. The few items of information that ancient historical sources give us concerning the size of Tigranocerta imply a population of over 300,000.
^Baumer, Christoph (2021). History of the Caucasus. Volume 1: At the Crossroads of Empires. I.B. Tauris. p. 134. When Tigranes learned of the death of the dreaded commander Sulla in 78 bce, he invaded Cappadocia and deported about 300,000 people to Tigranakert. The forced resettlement of Syrians and Jews increased the population of Tigranakert to half a million.
^Broughton, T. R. S. (1959). "Roman Asia Minor". In Frank, Tenney (ed.). An Economic Survey of Ancient Rome. Vol. IV: Africa, Syria, Greece, Asia Minor. Paterson, New Jersey: Pageant Books. p. 526. Having gained possession of Syria and Cilicia by 83 B. C. , Tigranes now occupied Cappadocia and transported, according to Appian (Mith., 67), 300,000 people from Cappadocia to his new capital Tigranocerta. This number may, however, include what he had taken from Cilicia where he left cities wholly or partly.
^Duggan, Alfred (1959). King of Pontus: The Life of Mithradates Eupator. Coward-McCann. p. 143. But nearly all of its 300,000 inhabitants were captives dragged from their homes in Persia or Cappadocia, unwilling settlers who could not be trusted to defend their prison.
^Sinclair, Thomas (1996–1997). "The Site of Tigranocerta (II)". Revue des Études Arméniennes. 26: 95. doi:10.2143/REA.26.0.2003745. On Appian's evidence (Mithridatic War 67), the number of people from Cappadocia carried off in 78 B.C. to populate the city was 300,000. The number is exaggerated, but there were forced migrants from Cilicia and other places too.
^Karakhanyan, Arkadi; Arakelyan, A.; Avagyan, A.; Sadoyan, T. (2017). "Aspects of the seismotectonics of Armenia: New data and reanalysis". In Sorkhabi, Rasoul (ed.). Tectonic Evolution, Collision, and Seismicity of Southwest Asia: In Honor of Manuel Berberian's Forty-Five Years of Research Contributions. Geological Society of America. p. 450. doi:10.1130/2016.2525(14). ISBN978-0-8137-2525-3. According to Chandler (1987), the population of Dvin was 45,000 in 361 CE, while in 622 CE, before the conquest by the Arabs, it was estimated at 47,000. By the time Dvin was flourishing (the eight-ninth centuries), its population was on the order of 100,000 people.
^Der Manuelian, Lucy (2001). "Ani: The Fabled Capital of Armenia". In Cowe, S. Peter (ed.). Ani: World Architectural Heritage of a Medieval Armenian Capital. Leuven: Peeters. p. 7. ISBN9789042910386.
^Кавказский календарь на 1917 год [Caucasian calendar for 1917] (in Russian) (72nd ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1917. pp. 178–237. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021.
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