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Kurdish settlements in Armenia

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Alagyaz
Alagyaz (; ) is a village and centre of the Alagyaz Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Most of the population are Yazidi Kurds . The village is located along the Aparan-Spitak highway.
Balahovit
Balahovit (, also Romanized as Balaovit; formerly until 1968, Mgub, Mekhub, and Mehub) is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. The majority of the early settlers of the village immigrated in 1828-29 from Khoy and Salmast in present-day Iran, while some of the immigrants came from Bulankh. It was renamed Balahovit in 1968 at the request of an Armenian-American group, after one of the eight cantons (gavar) of Sophene in Greater Armenia, of the same name. The community has a school, house of culture, and a first aid station, as well as the site of Yerevan Veterinary Institute's experiment
Myasnikyan
Myasnikyan () is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The town is named for Aleksandr Myasnikyan, the Armenian Bolshevik revolutionary and statesman who led Soviet Armenia at the beginning of Lenin's New Economic Policy (NEP). It is the location of Araks railway station. The town's population is 4,036 people, which is mainly populated by Armenians and Kurds (including Yazidis).
Nor Gyugh
village in Kotayk Province of Armenia
Artashar
Artashar () is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. Today, almost 42% (around 511 individuals) of the population are Yazidi Kurds.
Sipan
village in Aragatsotn Province of Armenia
Hatis
Hatis (), formerly known as Kyankyan, is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. The village is populated by mostly Armenians with Kurds being a minority (about 8%).
Jamshlu
Jamshlu or Jamushvan (; ) is a village in the Alagyaz Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The town is mostly populated by Kurds.
Zovashen
village in Kotayk Province of Armenia
Getargel
Getargel (), formerly known as Radiokayanin kits (), or SMO, is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia.
Krasar
Krasar () is a village in the Ashotsk Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. The village is mainly populated by Armenians but has a Kurdish minority.
Jraber
Jraber (, also Romanized as Dzhraber and Djraber; formerly, Nikolayevka) is a town in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. The village has a Kurdish minority (including Yazidis).