Kurdên Ermenistanê Кӧрден Әрмәньстане | |
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| Total population | |
| 32,742 (2022 census)[1] Estimates: 40.000[2] - 60.000[3] | |
| Languages | |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji), Armenian, Russian |
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The Kurds in Armenia (Armenian: Քրդերը Հայաստանում, romanized: K’rderë Hayastanum; Kurdish: Kurdên Ermenistanê Кӧрден Әрмәньстане), also referred to as the Kurds of Rewan[a] (Kurdên Rewanê), form a major part of the historically significant Kurdish population in the post-Soviet space, and live mainly in the western parts of Armenia.
Kurds and Yazidis are counted as separate ethnic groups in Armenia (on the relationship between Yazidis and Kurdish identity, see Identity of Yazidis). The latest census conducted in Armenia (2022) recorded 31,079 Yazidi and 1,663 Kurdish inhabitants of Armenia based on the self-identification of the respondents.[1] Practically all of those who identified themselves as Kurds in the census are members of the Yazidi community who embrace a Kurdish identity; extremely few Muslim Kurds live in Armenia today.[4][5]
Since 2015, four seats in Armenia's parliament are guaranteed for representatives of the country's ethnic minorities, of which one seat is reserved for a representative of the Yazidi community and one seat for the Kurdish community.[6]
- ^ a b "The Main Results of RA Census 2022, trilingual / Armenian Statistical Service of Republic of Armenia". www.armstat.am. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
- ^ "Kurds in Armenia".
- ^ "The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire".
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- ^ Edwards, Maxim (2017-08-02). "Armenia: Ethnic Minorities Gain a Voice in Parliament". eurasianet.org. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
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