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This is a list of Armenianethnic enclaves, containing cities, districts, and neighborhoods with predominantly Armenian population, or are associated with Armenian culture, either currently or historically. Most numbers are estimates by Armenian (and non-Armenian) organizations and media, because many countries simply do not collect data on ethnicity.
Extant enclaves
San Lazzaro degli Armeni, located in the Venetian Lagoon, is home to an Armenian Catholic monastery.
As of 2004, there were "around 50-60 Armenian villages" in Abkhazia. According to the 2011 Abkhazian census, Armenians formed the majority of the population of the Sukhumi District (6,467 Armenians, 56.1% of the total 11,531), and plurality in Gulripshi district (8,430 Armenians or 46.8% of 18,032) and Gagra District (15,422 Armenians or 38.3% of 40,217).
This article only lists ethnic enclaves in the Armenian diaspora. Many sources describe Nagorno-Karabakh as an Armenian ethnic enclave, which it was during most of its existence as the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (1923–91), when it did not border Soviet Armenia. Since the end of the 1988–94 war, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has been largely integrated with the Republic of Armenia and the two today de facto function as a single entity. However, the NKR remains internationally unrecognized and is regarded by all UN members as de jure part of Azerbaijan.
The status of Jerusalem is disputed between Israel and the State of Palestine, but the Old City is de facto administered by Israel.
Abkhazia is de jure recognized as part of Georgia by most countries, however, it is de facto independent.
The Crimean Peninsula is disputed between Russia and Ukraine and is de facto part of Russia, but remains (for the most part) internationally recognized as de jure part of Ukraine. For more, see Political status of Crimea.
References
Noel, Sid, ed. (2005). From Power Sharing to Democracy: Post-conflict Institutions in Ethnically Divided Societies. Montréal: McGill-Queen's University Press. p. 279. ISBN9780773529489. ...an Armenian ethnic enclave (Nagorno-Karabakh)...
Imboden, Durant. "San Lazzaro degli Armeni". Europe for Visitors. Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Its residents include 10 monks, 10 seminarians, and 15 Armenian students...
Kahana, Ephraim; Suwaed, Muhammad (2009). Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Intelligence. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 179. ISBN9780810863026. ...Anjar, an Armenian village in the Bekaa Valley.
Filian, Levon (Fall 2013). "AMAA News" (PDF). Paramus, New Jersey: Publication of the Armenian Missionary Association of America. p. 8. ISSN1097-0924. Retrieved 7 June 2014. The Armenian population had dwindled to about 4,000.
Healy, Chris; Muecke, Stephen (2008). Cultural Studies Review. Melbourne University Publishing. p. 102. ISBN9780522855081. ...in the Armenian neighborhood of Bourj Hammoud...{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Anthropological Quarterly. 46–47. Catholic University of America Press: 73. 1973. Of the estimated 180,000 Armenians in Lebanon, 110,000 are concentrated in the Bourj-Hammoud and Dora quarters of Greater Beirut.{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
Manjikian, Lalai (25 March 2014). "Kessab: Deep Roots Under Attack". The Armenian Weekly. Retrieved 7 June 2014. The predominantly Armenian enclave of Kessab is now emptied of its Armenian population that has been there for hundreds of years, after rebel forces descended on the region from Turkey.
Canby, Sheila R. (2009). Shah ʻAbbas: the remaking of Iran. London: British Museum Press. p. 64. ISBN9780714124520. Called New Julfa, this area remains the Armenian quarter of Isfahan to this day.
Petrosyan, David (1998). Армянская община в Иране (in Russian). Institute for Central Asian and Caucasian Studies. Retrieved 7 June 2014. ...еще 10-12 тысяч - в Исфагане (армяне называют его Новой Джугой)...
Трудовской сельский совет (in Russian). Website of the Simferopol district of the State Administration of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
Bittman, Mark (4 July 2013). "This Armenian Life". New York Times. Retrieved 7 June 2014. Among those cities is Glendale ... a center of the Armenian diaspora and home to one of the world's largest Armenian populations outside Armenia.
Casey, Nicholas (25 April 2009). "In Armenian Enclave, Turkish Deal Arouses Suspicion". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 7 June 2014. This Los Angeles suburb is home to one of America's most robust Armenian diaspora communities, with 80,000 to 100,000 ethnic Armenians making up about a third of the population.
Howe, Jeff (20 April 2013). "Captured in Watertown". The New Yorker. Retrieved 7 June 2014. ...Watertown is one of the largest Armenian enclaves in the U.S...
Kevonian, Tamar. "Finding the Passion". Asbarez. Retrieved 7 June 2014. ... Boston ... Watertown, the Armenian enclave of the city...
Steve Kokker, Cathryn Kemp (2004). Romania & Moldova. Footscray, Victoria: Lonely Planet. p. 159. ISBN9781741041491. Gherla Once a predominantly Armenian settlement called Armenopolis in the 17th century...
Schäfers, Marlene (26 July 2008). "Managing the difficult balance between tourism and authenticity: Kumkapı". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 7 June 2014. Kumkapı, since then, has been dominated by Armenians and Greeks. Over the centuries, the quarter's population retained this ethnic-linguistic characteristic in fact, as late as the 1950s, Kumkapı was still known as an Armenian quarter. Starting in the 1960s, however, Kumkapı's Armenian population began to decrease, with people moving abroad to Europe or America or simply to other quarters of the city, like Samatya, Yeniköy or Bakırköy.{{cite news}}: C1 control character in |quote= at position 158 (help)
Nahai, Gina B. (2000). Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith. New York: Washington Square Press. p. 219. ISBN9780671042837. Istanbul's Armenian ghetto, the Kumkapi bordered the wholesale fish market and was populated almost entirely by Armenians.
Этнография народов Крыма: Армяне (in Russian). Tavrida National V.I. Vernadsky University. 1999. Retrieved 7 June 2014. В 30-е гг. XIV в. армянские колонии Крыма пополнились переселенцами из Ак-Сарая (выходцы из г. Ани), в 70-е гг. XV в. из 70- тысячного населения Кафы 2/3, т.е. свыше 46 тыс., составляли армяне.
Paris, France
Venice, Italy
Zahlé, Lebanon
Old City, Jerusalem, Israel
Latakia, Syria
Isfahan, Iran
Hatay, Turkey
Abkhazia (de facto)
Tbilisi, Georgia
Russia
Sochi, Krasnodar Krai
Crimea
Stavropol Krai
Dagestan
Rostov Oblast
United States
Los Angeles, California
Boston, Massachusetts
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nasimi raion, Baku, Azerbaijan
Cluj County, Romania
