Armenians in Myanmar
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The first Armenians in Burma were merchants who arrived in 1612, and settled in Syriam, where the first Armenian tombstone is dated 1725.
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Total population | |
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1,000 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Arakan, Tanintharyi | |
Languages | |
Armenian | |
Religion | |
Armenian Apostolic Church |
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Frontier Myanmar reported the number of Armenians "a few hundred at most" in 2019.[1] According to Reverend John Felix, priest at the Armenian church in Yangon, the last full Armenian died in 2013, but there are "no more than 10 or 20 families who are part Armenian."[2]