Asia · The Caucasus, West Asia

Armenia

Capital · Yerevan

The world's first Christian nation — monasteries in gorges beneath Mount Ararat.

🇦🇲Yerevan
The essentials

Armenia at a glance

Capital
Yerevan
Region
The Caucasus, West Asia
Currency
Dram (AMD)
Languages
Armenian
Dialling code
+374
Plan around it

Public holidays & key dates in Armenia

Dates shift year to year where a holiday follows a lunar or religious calendar. Check locally before you book flights or count on offices being open.

Sep 21Independence DayFrom the USSR, 1991
Jan 6Armenian Christmas
Apr 24Genocide Remembrance Day
Getting in

Visas for African passports

Entry rules for Armenia differ sharply depending on which African passport you hold — visa-free for some nationalities, e-visa for others, embassy application for the rest.

The AfricAsia Passport Index checks every African passport against this destination, with the current route and a plain-language note on what officers ask for.

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On the ground

Ask before you land

Rent, agents, hospitals, halal and African groceries, church and mosque, where people actually meet on a Sunday — the answers live with the people already there.

The Armenia channel in the Hub is free, open, and moderated by members who live in the country.

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