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Official name	Republic of Armenia (RA), briefly - Armenia
National flag of RA	three horizontal stripes - red, blue, orange
Head of the State	President of RA
Supreme legislative body	National Assembly
Official language of RA	Armenian
Capital of Armenia	Yerevan
Administrative and territorial unit	region (11 regions in all including Yerevan city)
National currency	dram

IV-III thousand years B.C. - origin of forearmenian tribal unions on the territory of the Armenian Plateau.

782 B.C. - establishment of Yerevan city.

VI-V centuries B.C. - completion of the Armenian people's ethnic forming on the Armenian Plateau territory and development of the Armenian language.

301 A.D. - official acceptance by Armenia of Christianity as a state religion.

405 A.D. - creation by Mesrop Mashtots of the Armenian Alphabet - the basis of written language.

Territory - 29.74 thousand square km (is comparable with the territory of Belgium or Albania).

Population - 3.79 Million, 98% of which are Armenians.

Average elevation - 1800 m.

The greatest height - Aragats mountain - 4090 m.

The least height - Debed river canyon - 380 m.

The greatest extent - 360 km.

Climate - dry, continental.