United Armenia
Armenian irredentist concept
United Armenia (Armenian: Միացեալ Հայաստան, romanized: Miats'eal Hayastan), also known as Greater Armenia or Great Armenia, is an Armenian irredentist political goal aimed at uniting all territories perceived as "historically or ethnically Armenian" to the Republic of Armenia.
Republic of Armenia Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն | |
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![The map of United Armenia as claimed by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.[N 1][N 2]](/wiki/File:United_Armenia.png) |
The claimed lands
changeThe modern use of United Armenia by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) encompasses the following areas:
| Area | Area (km²) | Population | Armenian population | % Armenian |
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| Armenia[N 3] | 29,743 | 3,018,854[1] | 2,961,514[1] | 98.1% |
| Artsakh | 3,170 | 145,053[2] | 144,683[2] | 99.7% |
| Javakhk[N 4] | 2,589 | 69,561[3] | 65,132[4] | 93.6% |
| Nakhichevan | 5,502 | 396,709[5] | 6[6] | 0% |
| Western Armenia[N 5] | 172,386[N 6] | 8,958,059[N 7] | — | 0% |
| Total | 213,390 | 12,588,236 | 3,171,335 | 25.1% |
Organizations
changePolitical parties
change| Seats | Founding year | Seats | Flag | ||
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| 1 | Armenian Revolutionary Federation[7][8] | 1890 | 10 / 107
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Miliant groups
change- Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (1975–)
- Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide (1975–1983)
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "2011 Census Results" (PDF). National Statistical Service of Republic of Armenia. p. 144.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Աղյուսակ 5.4 Բնակչությունը (քաղաքային, գյուղական) ըստ ազգության, սեռի և կրոնական դավանանքի [Table 5.4: Population (urban, rural) by ethnicity, gender and religious affiliation]" (PDF). Artsakh Republic National Statistical Service. Archived from the original on 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Georgian census, 2014.
(total population of Akhalkalaki and Ninotsminda Municipalities) - ↑ Georgian census, 2014.
(total Armenian population of Akhalkalaki and Ninotsminda Municipalities) - ↑ Azerbaijani census, 2009.
- ↑ Azerbaijani census, 2009.
- ↑ "Ծրագիր Հայ Յեղափոխական Դաշնակցության (1998)". Armenian Revolutionary Federation Website. "ՀՅ Դաշնակցությունը նպատակադրում է. Ա. Ազատ, Անկախ եւ Միացյալ Հայաստանի կերտում: Միացյալ Հայաստանի սահմանների մեջ պիտի մտնեն Սեւրի դաշնագրով նախատեսված հայկական հողերը, ինչպես նաեւ` Արցախի, Ջավախքի եւ Նախիջեւանի երկրամասերը:"
- ↑ Harutyunyan 2009, p. 89: "The ARF strives for the solution of the Armenian Cause and formation of the entire motherland with all Armenians. The party made it abundantly clear that historical justice will be achieved once ethnic Armenian repatriate to united Armenia, which in addition to its existing political boundaries would include Western Armenian territories (Eastern Turkey), Mountainous Karabagh and Nakhijevan (in Azerbaijan), and the Samtskhe-Javakheti region of the southern Georgia, bordering Armenia."
Sources
change- Harutyunyan, Arus (2009). Contesting National Identities in an Ethnically Homogeneous State: The Case of Armenian Democratization. Kalamazoo, MI: Western Michigan University. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-109-12012-7.
Notes
change- ↑ Orange: regions where Armenians today form the overwhelming majority of population (present-day Republic of Armenia, Artsakh, Javakhk).
Yellow: historically Armenian-populated regions that do not have Armenian population today (Western Armenia and Nakhchivan). - ↑ Artsakh is shown in pre-2020 borders.
- ↑ Present-day Republic of Armenia.
- ↑ It includes the municipalities of Akhalkalaki and Ninotsminda, are now part of Georgia.
- ↑ The provinces that are partially or fully included in Western Armenia are: Van, Bitlis, Siirt, Batman, Diyarbakır, Muş, Ağrı, Iğdır, Kars, Erzurum, Artvin, Rize, Trabzon, Giresun, Gümüşhane, Bayburt, Erzincan, Tunceli, Bingöl. All these provinces are controlled by Turkey.
- ↑ Total area of all provinces that are currently part of Turkey and partly or wholly included in Western Armenia.
- ↑ Total population in 2018 of all provinces that are currently part of Turkey and partly or wholly included in Western Armenia.