The capital and largest city is Yerevan.

Yerevan ( ) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities.

After World War I, Yerevan became the capital of the Democratic Republic of Armenia as thousands of survivors of the Armenian Genocide settled in the area.

The principal symbol of Yerevan is Mount Ararat, which is visible from any area in the capital.

Subsequently, Yerevan became the capital and the centre of the newly-independent Democratic Republic of Armenia, although the members of the Armenian National Council were yet to stay in Tiflis until their arrival in Yerevan to form the government in the summer of the same year.

Yerevan became the capital of the newly formed Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, one of the fifteen republics of the Soviet Union.

Following the dismantling of the USSR or Soviet Union, Yerevan became the capital of the Republic of Armenia on 21 September 1991.

As the capital of Armenia, Yerevan is not part of any marz (" province ").

Yerevan has been the capital of Armenia since the independence of the First Republic in 1918.

When Armenia became a republic of the Soviet Union, Yerevan remained as capital and accommodated all the political and diplomatic institutions in the republic.

Instead, Ehud Moshe Eytam, the Israeli ambassador to Armenia is based in Tbilisi, Georgia, and visits the capital Yerevan twice a month.

Yerevan, the modern capital of Armenia, was founded in 782 BC by king Argishti I.

Khan was the title of the rulers of various break-away states later reintegrated in Iran, e. g. 1747 – 1808 Khanate of Ardabil ( in northwestern Iran east of Sarab and west of the southwest corner of the Caspian Sea ), 1747 – 1813 Khanate of Khoy ( northwestern Iran, north of Lake Urmia, between Tabriz and Lake Van ), 1747 – 1829 Khanate of Maku ( in extreme northwestern Iran, northwest of Khoy, and 60 miles south of Yerevan, Armenia ), 1747 – 1790s Khanate of Sarab ( northwestern Iran east of Tabriz ), 1747 – c. 1800 Khanate of Tabriz ( capital of Iranian Azerbeidjan ).

Abbas set off to besiege Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, and one of the main Turkish strongholds in the Caucasus.

Yerevan, the modern capital of Armenia, was founded in 782 BC by king Argishti I.

In September 1937 Stalin dispatched Mikoyan, along with Georgy Malenkov and Lavrentiy Beria, with a list of 300 names to Yerevan, the capital of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic ( ASSR ), to oversee the liquidation of the Communist Party of Armenia ( CPA ), which was largely made up of Old Bolsheviks.

Ijevan has the all-seater Arnar Stadium, built in 2007 and hosted the Armenian Independence Cup final match in 2008 for the first and the only time being played outside the capital Yerevan.

The town is located 123 km south of the capital Yerevan, on a small river called " Serkoghunk " (), at a height of 1194 meters above sea level.

A statue of him erected in 1931 also exists in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia.

Zvartnots International Airport ( Zvart ' nots ' Mijazgayin Odanavakayan ) is located near Zvartnots, west of Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia.

Football Club Banants () is an Armenian professional football team, playing in the capital, Yerevan.

In 2001, Banants demerged from Kotayk Abovian, and was moved from Abovyan to the capital Yerevan.

Due to easier accessibility ( once it became a peninsula ), good highway and railway connections with the Armenian capital Yerevan, a well-developed tourist industry in the nearby town of Sevan, and its picturesque location ( although less picturesque than it was before the lake level drop ), Sevanavank is one of the most visited tourism sights in Armenia.

In addition to the Yerevan administrative region, Armenia is split into ten administrative divisions, known as marzer ( singular: marz ); these are Ararat, Aragatsotn, Armavir, Gegharkunik, Kotayk, Lori, Shirak, Syunik, Tavush, and Vayots Dzor.

In October 2009, when visiting Yerevan, the World Bank ’ s managing director, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, warned that Armenia will not reach a higher level of development unless its leadership changes the " oligopolistic " structure of the national economy, bolsters the rule of law and shows " zero tolerance " towards corruption.

* 1827 – Russo-Persian War: The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination in Armenia.

A sign in Yerevan, Armenia.

* 1958 – United States Air Force C-130A-II is shot down by fighters over Yerevan in Armenia when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a sigint mission.

* 1922 – The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia.

As of 2011 estimates, the population of Yerevan was 1, 121, 900 people making up to 34 % of the total population of Armenia.

However, after a short period of independence, on 29 November 1920, the Bolshevik 11th Red Army entered Yerevan during the Russian Civil War, on 29 November 1920, and Armenia was incorporated into the Soviet Union on 2 December 1920.

Catholicos of Armenia | Catholicos Karekin II and Archbishop of Canterbury | Archbishop Rowan Williams at the Armenian Genocide memorial in Yerevan

In 1991 with the independence of Armenia, Yerevan continued with its status as the political and cultural centre of the country, being home to all the national institutions: the Government house, the Parliament, ministries, the presidential palace, the constitutional court, judicial bodies and other public organisations.

* October 1, 1827 – Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828: The Russians under Ivan Paskevich storm Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination in Eastern Armenia.

* October 1 – Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828: The Russians under Ivan Paskevich storm Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination in Eastern Armenia.

* Armenian Datacom Company, in Yerevan, Armenia

In Erebuni ( Yerevan ), Armenia King Argishti of Urartu is depicted riding on a chariot which is dragged by two horses.

* Yerevan, Armenia

Khosrau further rewarded Maurice by ceding to the Empire western Armenia up to the lakes Van and Sevan, including the large cities of Martyropolis, Tigranokert, Manzikert, Ani, and Yerevan.

It hosts trees dedicated to Moshe Bejski, Andrei Sakharov, the founders of the Gardens of the Righteous in Yerevan and Pietro Kuciukian, and others.

* 1907 – The 1907 Tiflis bank robbery took place in Yerevan Square, now Freedom Square, Tbilisi.

The Republic Square, Yerevan | Main Square of Erivan, 1916.

Republic Square ( Yerevan ) | The Republic Square

The Karabakh Committee in 1988, Liberty Square, Yerevan