Global Information Lookup Global Information

Iraqi Armenians information


Iraqi Armenians
العراقيين الأرمن
իրաքահայեր
  Armenia   Iraq
Total population
10,000–20,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
Cities: Baghdad, Mosul, Basra, Kirkuk, Baqubah and Dohuk
Villages: Avzrog, Havresk, Zakho and Ishkender[2]
Languages
Western Armenian[3]
Mesopotamian Arabic
Religion
Christianity (mostly Armenian Apostolic, some Armenian Catholics and pockets of Evangelical and Brethren Protestants)

Iraqi Armenians (Arabic: أرمنيون عراقيون ’Armanion Iraqion; Armenian: իրաքահայեր irakahayer) are Iraqi citizens and residents of Armenian ethnicity. Many Armenians settled in Iraq after fleeing the 1915 Armenian genocide. It is estimated that there are 10,000–20,000 Armenians living in Iraq, with communities in Baghdad, Mosul, Basra, Kirkuk,[4] Baqubah, Dohuk, Zakho and Avzrog.[5][6]

  1. ^ Armenia News.am website About 10,000 Armenians live in Iraq
  2. ^ "Armenians of Iraqi Kurdistan - Taking Up Arms Against the Ongoing ISIL Threat - Hetq - News, Articles, Investigations". Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  3. ^ "United Nations UNHCR website; An Iraqi Armenian teen shows the way to a new life".
  4. ^ Ashjian, Ara (12 August 2009). "Armenian Issues: From the Armenian Church of Iraq- A visit to the Armenian Community of Kirkuk". Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Iraq: Tiny Ethnic-Armenian Community Survived Hussein, Making It In Postwar Times." RFE/RL. July 6, 2004.
  6. ^ Fisher, William B. (1978). The Middle East: A Physical, Social and Regional Geography. London: Routledge. p. 363. ISBN 978-0-416-71520-0.

and 26 Related for: Iraqi Armenians information

Request time (Page generated in 0.847 seconds.)

Iraqi Armenians

Last Update:

Iraqi Armenians (Arabic: أرمنيون عراقيون ’Armanion Iraqion; Armenian: իրաքահայեր irakahayer) are Iraqi citizens and residents of Armenian ethnicity. Many...

Word Count : 1808

List of Iraqi Armenians

Last Update:

Iraqi Armenians are people born, raised, or residing in Iraq, with origins in the area known as the Armenian Highlands, which lies between the Caucasus...

Word Count : 119

Christianity in Iraq

Last Update:

Christians). Non-Assyrian Iraqi Christians are largely Arab Christians and Armenians, and a very small minority of Kurdish, Shabaks and Iraqi Turkmen Christians...

Word Count : 7778

Iraqis

Last Update:

then Iraqi Turkmen as the third largest ethnic group. Other ethnic groups include Yazidis, Assyrians, Mandaeans, Armenians, and Marsh Arabs. Iraq consists...

Word Count : 3105

Armenians

Last Update:

Armenians (Armenian: հայեր, romanized: hayer, [hɑˈjɛɾ]) are an ethnic group and nation native to the Armenian highlands of West Asia. Armenians constitute...

Word Count : 10179

Demographics of Iraq

Last Update:

of Iraq. Iraqi Arabs are the largest ethnic group in Iraq, followed by Iraqi Kurds, then Iraqi Turkmen as the third largest ethnic group in the country...

Word Count : 1573

Armenian Power

Last Update:

Armenian-American communities primarily composed of Van (central) Armenians, Syrian-Armenians and Iraqi-Armenians. The unique ethnic composition of the Los Angeles area...

Word Count : 1669

Vartan Malakian

Last Update:

of System of a Down and Scars on Broadway. Armenian art List of Armenian artists Iraqi art List of Iraqi artists "Interview with Vartan Malakian where...

Word Count : 69

Iraq

Last Update:

and largest city is Baghdad. The Iraqi people are diverse; mostly Arabs, as well as Kurds, Turkmen, Assyrians, Armenians, Yazidis, Mandaeans, Persians and...

Word Count : 22398

Iraq War

Last Update:

many needy Iraqi citizens. Seventh, to secure Iraq's oil fields and resources, which belong to the Iraqi people. And last, to help the Iraqi people create...

Word Count : 28472

Armenians in Kuwait

Last Update:

000 Armenians. Before the Gulf War, the Armenian population reached its peak of 12,000. But after the Iraqi invasions, the numbers of the Armenians resident...

Word Count : 779

Minorities in Iraq

Last Update:

community in Iraq with football clubs (Nadi Armeni) and other establishments. Armenian folk music and dance is admired in Iraq. Most Iraqi Armenians live in...

Word Count : 4012

Armed Forces of Armenia

Last Update:

material, to the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Russia is one of the closest allies of Armenia. The Russian 102nd...

Word Count : 6862

Lists of Armenians

Last Update:

Romanians of Armenian descent List of Russian Armenians Middle East List of Egyptian Armenians List of Iranian Armenians List of Iraqi Armenians List of Lebanese...

Word Count : 4505

Armenian genocide

Last Update:

Before World War I, Armenians occupied a somewhat protected, but subordinate, place in Ottoman society. Large-scale massacres of Armenians had occurred in...

Word Count : 10546

Slavery in Iraq

Last Update:

Christian bodies. Egyptian Armenians organized squads to resque enslaved Armenians from Beduins in Syria and Mesopotamia (Iraq); one of these, led by Rupen...

Word Count : 1480

Ethnic groups in the Middle East

Last Update:

Syria Armenians Armenians in the Middle East Armenians in Egypt Armenians in Iran Armenians in Iraq Armenians in Israel Armenians in Lebanon Armenians in...

Word Count : 875

Citrus limetta

Last Update:

in Urdu and Punjabi). In the Sindh, it is known as mosami. Among Iraqi Armenians, it is called noumi (նումի). In France, it is sometimes called bergamot;...

Word Count : 1209

Armenian diaspora

Last Update:

The Armenian diaspora refers to the communities of Armenians outside Armenia and other locations where Armenians are considered an indigenous population...

Word Count : 1374

Hidden Armenians

Last Update:

Hidden Armenians (Armenian: թաքնված հայեր, romanized: t’ak’nvats hayer; Turkish: Gizli Ermeniler) or crypto-Armenians (Kripto Ermeniler) is an umbrella...

Word Count : 3222

Armenians in the Middle East

Last Update:

as they fled during the Armenian genocide, during which 1.5 million Armenians perished. In contemporary times, the Armenians in the region lived through...

Word Count : 1961

Armenian Americans

Last Update:

already 60,000 Armenians in the United States. As more Armenians fell victim to the genocide and more Armenians were deported, the Armenian American community...

Word Count : 13866

Iraqi diaspora

Last Update:

diaspora, such as the Assyrians and Armenians as well as some Jews. There are also Yazidis within the Iraqi diaspora. The Iraqi diaspora is not a sudden exodus...

Word Count : 3105

Armenian population by country

Last Update:

number of Armenians, because in many countries, most prominently France, most ethnic Armenians are not from Armenia. Also, not all Armenian citizens and...

Word Count : 10520

Seta Hagopian

Last Update:

be the "Warm voice of Iraq" and has been dubbed as Iraq's Fairouz. Born in Basra, Iraq, to a family of Christian Iraqi Armenians. Her father was a tennis...

Word Count : 298

Armenians in Sweden

Last Update:

on by a good number of Armenians from Iraq, following the same path as significant numbers of Iraqi Arabs, Iraqi Kurds and Iraqi Assyrians who had chosen...

Word Count : 777

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net