Armenia is situated at a cultural, historical, and religious intersection and located at the crossroads between Europe and Asia, in the southern Transcaucasus. The country spans 29,743 square kilometers (11,490 square miles) of mountainous terrain centered around the Ararat Valley, the heart of the Armenian nation since biblical times. Ancient geographers called the Armenian Highlands the "Island of Mountains" or the "Rooftop of Asia Minor." Presently, the country is landlocked and has no navigable waterways, in contrast to Historic Armenia, which at its height under King Tigran the Great, stretched from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean Sea and was more than ten times the current size of the present day Republic. Landscapes transition rapidly from lush forests to shimmering lakes and stark deserts. But the best thing about Armenia is the Armenians themselves - ever welcoming and eager to show off their country to visitors.

Economics

Armenia is an industrial - agricultural country, it has valuable reserves of copper - molybdenum and polymetallic ores, building stone, mineral water, deposits of precious metals, precious and semiprecious stones. The production of synthetic rubber, textiles, food processing, construction materials and machinery is well developed in Armenia.

Climate

Armenia is situated at the latitude of the subtropical zone, the climate is drastically - continental - hot summers and cold winters. On the plains the average temperature is -5 ° C in January, +25 ° C in July; in the mountains of -6 ° C and +20 ° C respectively.

Currency

The monetary unit of Armenia is dram,AMD. Monetary circulation has coins with value of 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 AMD, as well as banknotes with value of 1000, 5000, 10000, 20000, 50000 and 100000 AMD.

Placement objects

Currently there are 117 objects placement in the Republic of Armenia. They are:

• 63 hotels (3006 rooms and 5570 beds)
• 26 objetcs like a hotel (225 rooms and 535 beds)
• 23 tourist centers (108 rooms and 289 beds)

«Zvartnots» airport in Yerevan

The international airport «Zvartnots», located 10 km to the west from Yerevan, is the main air gateway to the Republic of Armenia. There are flights to 70 cities of the world from the airport. Directly from the airport you can get to any point of Armenia, Mountain – Karabakh Republic and Georgia on taxi.

Territorial distribution

Armenia is divided into ten regions (marz, arm. մարզ) and  the capital city is Yerevan, which has a status of a region.

Regions of the Republic of Armenia and their administrative centers are:

Region                            Regional Center

Aragatsotn                                Ashtarak

Ararat                                         Artashat

Armavir                                      Armavir

Vayots dzor                              Yeghegnadzor

Gegharkunik                            Ghawar

Kotayk                                        Hrazdan

Lori                                             Vanadzor

Syunik                                        Kapan

Tavush                                       Ijevan

Shirak                                         Gyumri