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Total population | |
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35,308 (2011) | |
Languages | |
"Yazidian" (Kurmanji) | |
Religion | |
Yazidism (Sharfadin) | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Kurds in Armenia |
Yazidis (Armenian: եզդիներ, yezdiner) are the largest ethnic minority in Armenia.
Արտագաղթի միտումները հետխորհրդային Հայաստանի ազգային փոքրամասնությունների շրջանում
ՀՀ ազգային փոքրամասնությունների հասարակական կազմակերպությունների դերը ինքնության պահպանման հարցում
Yazidis in Armenia have traditionally lived around Mount Aragats, where many of them herd their livestock.
In the 1939 Soviet census, 20,481 Yazidis and Kurds lived in Soviet Armenia. They were concentrated in the following districts (rayons): Alagyaz (6,395 or 37.2% of the total population of the district), Talin (5,373 or 17.8%), Hoktemberyan (2,278 or 7.1%), Vagharshapat (1,520 or 4.5%), Kotayk (1,314 or 3.5%), Ashtarak (1,269 or 3.3%).[10]
Province (marz) | 2001 | 2011 | 2011 % | ||||
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Armavir[11][12] | 17,665 | 16,906 | 6.4% | ||||
Aragatsotn[13][14] | 6,405 | 5,474 | 4.1% | ||||
Ararat[15][16] | 5,940 | 4,975 | 1.9% | ||||
Yerevan[17][18] | 4,733 | 3,268 | 0.3% | ||||
Kotayk[19][20] | 4,097 | 3,211 | 1.3% | ||||
Shirak[21][22] | 974 | 727 | 0.3% | ||||
Lori[23][24] | 793 | 652 | 0.3% | ||||
Gegharkunik | 13 | 95 | |||||
Syunik | |||||||
Tavush | |||||||
Vayots Dzor | |||||||
Armenia[8][9] | 40,620 | 35,308 | 1.2% |
In the 2011 census, some 87% of Yazidis indicated "Yazidian" as their mother tongue, followed by Armenian (12%) and Kurdish (1%). This was a 10% increase from 2001, when 77% of Yazidis had indicated "Yazidian" as their mother tongue (Armenian: 13%, others, presumably mostly Kurdish: 10%). https://www.armstat.am/census2001/pdfs/52.pdf
In the 2011 census, 73% of Yazidis that indicated religious affiliation, was an adherent of Yazidism (Sharfadin). 10.8% stated that they were pagan, while 10.7% claimed to be a follower of the Armenian Apostolic Church, 1.6% Evangelical, and 4.3 indicated another religion. 1.2% of Yazidis indicated no religious affiliation.
2001 https://www.armstat.am/census2001/pdfs/53.pdf
2011
https://www.armstat.am/file/doc/99478368.pdf
https://oc-media.org/armenias-yazidi-boys-and-girls-who-dont-finish-school/
Պետական հանրակրթական դպրոցներում եզդիերեն/քրդերեն լեզվի ուսուցում իրականացնող բնակավայրերի ցանկ https://www.gov.am/u_files/file/kron/qax32-251%5B1%5D.pdf
https://jam-news.net/armenias-yazidis-take-on-their-problems-themselves/ (unofficially their number ranges between 45 000 – 50 000).
Those who could fled to the refugee camps of Lebanon, Jordan and elsewhere in the region. Around 50 Yazidi families made the arduous journey by road to Armenia, seeking refuge among their fellow Yazidis in rural communities like the village of Araks. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-armenia-yazidis/after-long-trek-to-armenia-iraqs-yazidi-families-struggle-to-fit-in-idUSKBN17V0TN
Kurdish/PKK sympathies
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/06YEREVAN1484_a.html
ASSESSING KURDISH MILITANCY IN ARMENIA -- SO FAR, NOT TOO MUCH
http://caucasusedition.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Representation-of-Minorities-in-the-Media-in-Armenia-Azerbaijan-Georgia-and-Turkey.pdf We did not find instances of open hate speech in the analyzed media items.
According to the media items, Yezidis are more likely to have lower levels of education than individuals from other communities. This is partly because of the poor economic climate, shortage of Yezidi teachers, and the remoteness of many Yezidi villages. Yezidis also have reportedly been disadvantaged in the allocation of privatized land and water supply.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/histmemo.25.1.145 Addressivity and the Monument: Memorials, Publics and the Yezidis of Armenia
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