Back الأرمن في جورجيا Arabic Gürcüstan erməniləri Azerbaijani گورجوستان ائرمنیلری AZB Арменци в Грузия Bulgarian Armenier in Georgien German Armenoj en Kartvelio Esperanto ارمنیهای گرجستان Persian Arméniens de Géorgie French Հայերը Վրաստանում Armenian სომხები საქართველოში Georgian
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 168,191–220,000 including Abkhazian estimates (2014) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Abkhazia, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Tbilisi, | |
| Languages | |
| Armenian (Eastern), Georgian, Russian | |
| Religion | |
| Armenian Apostolic Church | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Armenians in Samtskhe-Javakheti, Armenians in Tbilisi, Armenians in Abkhazia, Armenians in Azerbaijan, Armenians in Russia |
Armenians in Georgia or Georgian Armenians[1] (Georgian: ქართველი სომხები, romanized: kartveli somkhebi; Armenian: Վիրահայեր, romanized: Virahayer) are Armenian people living within the country of Georgia. The Armenian community is mostly concentrated in the capital Tbilisi, Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia and Samtskhe-Javakheti region. 2014 Census of Georgia puts the Armenians in Samtskhe-Javakheti at 50.5% of the population.[2] In Abkhazia, Armenians are the third largest ethnic group in the region after the Georgians and the Abkhazian majority.[3]
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- ^ "Population Census 2014". www.geostat.ge. National Statistics Office of Georgia. November 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ Abkhazia Offers Citizenship to Diaspora. IWPR. CRS No. 314, 10-Nov-05; V.A. Chirikba. Armenians and their Dialects in Abkhazia. In: Evidence and Counter-Evidence, Festschrift Frederik Kortlandt, Volume 2, SSGL 33, Amsterdam – New York: Rodopi, p. 51-67.