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Global Sourcebook for International Data Management
by Graham Rhind
For supplementary information, see links to post office home pages here , to postal code pages here and to other personal name and addressing issues pages here .
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The national language is Armenian , with some 3 197 000 speakers. This is written in a unique script. There are 5 000 speakers of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ; 161 000 of Northern Azerbaijani and 58 000 speakers of Kurmanji . The Gypsy language, Lomavren , is also spoken.
Armenian family names often end in –ian, meaning “son of”. This can be transliterated either as –ian or as –yan.
Married women do not take their husband’s family name. Personal names tend to follow the pattern given name(s)[ ]family name.
Tables of names can be acquired: given names , surnames/family names , family name prefixes , forms of address , job titles
Armenia has these company types:
Anpartselskab (ApS) - Limited Liability Company. Commercial Co-operative General Partnership Joint-Stock Company Limited Partnership Supplementary Liability Company Sole proprietorship
Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm
Armenian addresses are written in the format:
number[ ]Thoroughfare name{[, ]Apartment or floor number postal code[ ]Settlement{[-]sorting code}
For example:
Addresses are also often found without a postal code or with the postal code following the settlement name.
They may also be found with the house number following the thoroughfare name:
A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired
A new postal code (ինդեքս) system, a block of 4 digits, has been developed to replace the Soviet-era block of 6 digits. Introduced in April 2006, the new codes run from 0001 to 4216. Each code refers to a delivery post office.
Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired
\A(0[0-9][0-9][1-9]|1[0-9][0-9][0-9]|2[0-9][0-9][0-9]|3[0-9][0-9][0-9]|4[0-1][0-9][0-9]|4[2][0-1][0-6])\Z
Note: This section last updated 11th March 2015
Armenian place names should be used in preference to the Russian equivalents.
Refer to Exonyms in Armenia for full lists of place names in Armenia in other languages.
Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http:www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm
Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm
Armenia has 10 provinces (marzer, singular - marz) and one city (kaghak, shown below with an asterisk). The province names are not used in addresses:
Province | Postal code range |
Aragatsotn | 0201-0226, 0301-0311, 0401-0412, 0501-0514 |
Ararat | 0601-0628, 0701-0737, 0801-0823 |
Armavir | 0901-0946, 1001-1011, 1101-1149 |
Geghark’unik’ | 1201-1214, 1301-1318, 1401-1418, 1501-1515, 1601-1626 |
Kotayk’ | 2201-2228, 2301-2318, 2401-2416, 2501-2506 |
Lorri | 1701-1731, 1801-1825, 1901-1921, 2001-2042 |
Shirak | 2601-2626, 2701-2707, 2801-2810, 2901-2911, 3001-3027, 3101-3126 |
Syunik’ | 3201-3221, 3301-3319, 3401-3408, 3501-3519 |
Tavush | 3901-3908, 4001-4014, 4101-4116, 4201-4216 |
Vayots’ Dzor | 3601-3615, 3701-3704, 3801-3810 |
Yerevan * | 0001-0099 |
This regions/postal code data can be acquired as a data file
Note: This section last updated 7th June 2024
All numbers of Armenia have 8 digits when phoned from abroad. Mobile numbers commence with 33, 41, 43-44, 49, 55, 60, 77, 88 or 9 [2].
Every effort is made to keep this resource updated. If you find any errors, or have any questions or requests, please don't hesitate to contact the author.
All information copyright Graham Rhind 2024. Any information used should be acknowledged and referenced.