Armenia Formed from 926 Parts

I doubt that I'm the only person who is confounded by names of communities. You hear Dilijan, Noyemberian, Spitak, Kirovakan, etc., and wonder: how many such areas are there in Armenia? Well, wonder no more!

All Armenia is divided into 926 territorial-administrative units, called communities, including 48 urban and 866 rural communities. The biggest community is the capital city Yerevan, which is said to have 1.1 million population.

The second biggest community is the town of Gyumri, the administrative center of the north-western province of Shirak. It has 147,000 population. Vanadzor, the capital of north-eastern Lori has 105,000 population.

As of January 1, 2007 Armenia's population was 3.2 million people, including 2.1 million of urban population and 1.1 million of rural population.

Now we know!

Source: ArmenPress

10-15% of Armenian Computers Connected to the Internet

Given the web presence of Armenians, it is quite a surprise. Then again, many Armenians online are not from Armenia at all!

The overall number of computers in Armenia, both old and new is estimated at about 500,000 but only 10-15 percent of them are connected to Internet, according to Andranik Alexanian, chief manager of Arminco company, which is the biggest Internet provider. He said overall 100,000 people in Armenia have access to Internet, adding that population in remote areas, and especially in rural areas, do not even dream of having access to Internet.

The progress is seen in Gyumri, Vanadzor, Kapan, Hrazdan and Etchmiadzin towns, where the percentage of people with access to Internet in even higher than in Yerevan.

And to think that Yerevan is assumed as being the most everything city! Regardless, the free exchange of information for all computer users is very important. In a democracy, it is essential.

Source: ArmenPress