Yazidi communities in Armenia

city in Armenia

Ashtarak ( ) is a town in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia, located on the left bank of Kasagh River along the gorge, 20 km northwest of the capital Yerevan. It is the administrative centre of the province and an important crossroad of routes for the Yerevan–Gyumri–Vanadzor triangle.

Abovyan or Abovian ( ) is a town and urban municipal community in Armenia within the Kotayk Province. It is located northeast of Yerevan and southeast of the province centre Hrazdan. As of the 2022 census, the population of the town was 46,434.

city in Ararat, Armenia

town in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia

Oshakan () is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia located 3 kilometers southwest from Ashtarak. It is well known to historians and pilgrims of the Armenian Apostolic Church as the site of the grave of Mesrop Mashtots, the inventor of the Armenian alphabet.

Aknalich (or Aknalitch, ; formerly, Aygherlich) is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The village is situated on a lake, after which it is named, to the east of Metsamor.

thumb|Sign at the entrance of town with "Arzni" in Armenian, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, and Russian.

Metsadzor () is a village in the Metsadzor Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Most inhabitants are Yezidis – the town's name means "waterless" in Kurdish.

thumb|Bridge over Arax at Margara in 1925. Margara (, also Romanized as Markara; formerly Margara-Gök) is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. Margara is the closest border crossing to Turkey from Yerevan, though Turkey closed the border with Armenia in 1993. The town is located on the other side of Alican. Margara has a road bridge across the Arax River to Turkey. The Margara border crossing was guarded by guards of the Russian Federal Security Service from 1992 to 2025. The Border Guard Service of Armenia patrols this crossing between Armenia and Turkey.

Aknashen (, also Romanized as Aknachen; until 1978, Khatunarkh Verin, Verin Khatunarkh, and Khatunarkh, also Russified as Verkhniy Khatunarkh) is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The town's church is dedicated to Saint Bartholomew; nearby is a ruin of an 8th-century building.

Arevik (; formerly, Agdzharkh and Aghja-Arkh) is a town in the Armavir province of Armenia. The name Arevik comes from the root Arev meaning "sun".

Yeraskhahun (, until 1950, Kuru-Araz) is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. Half of the population (around 930) of the village are Yazidis.

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.

village in Armavir Province of Armenia

Bambakashat ( – meaning "plenty of cotton"); is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia.

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

Artashavan () is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. In the village to the northeast, is the restored 7th-century Surp Amenaprkich Church. The villages of Lusaghbyur and Nigatun are also within the community of Artashavan.

Arshaluys (, until 1935 Kyorpalu) is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It is located 14 km north-east from the regional center. It is located on the right bank of the Kasagh River. The city is about 19 km from Yerevan. The settlement is 860 meters above sea level. It has a direct road to Vagharshapat and Yerevan.

Geghakert (; also referred to as Samaghar), is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The village has a 13th-century church known as Surb Harutyun (Holy Resurrection)., as well as a memorial fountain dedicated to those who died in World War II. There is also a school (407 students), first aid station, house of culture, community center, and a kindergarten.

village in Armavir, Armenia

village in Armavir Province of Armenia

Arazap () is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia.

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).

village in Aragatsotn Province of Armenia

village in Kotayk Province of Armenia

village in Armavir Province of Armenia

village in Ararat Province of Armenia

Hatsashen () is a village in the Talin Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.

place in Armavir, Armenia

Aratashen (, also Romanized as Arratashen; also, Artashen; until 1978 Zeyva Hayi – meaning "Armenian Zeyva", Zeyva, Bol’shaya Zeyva and Nerkin-Zeyva) is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It is located on the Ararat Plain.

village in Armavir Province of Armenia

Lukashin (; formerly, Imeni Mikoyana), is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia.

Hovtashat () is a village in the Masis Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia.

Pshatavan (); formerly, Igdalu and Igdali) is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia.

Ranchpar () is a village in the Masis Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia near the Armenia–Turkey border. The village consists mostly of Armenians with a Yazidi minority. Footballer and member of the Armenia national football team, Ishkhan Geloyan was born in Ranchpar.

Arinj (), is a major village located just north of Yerevan in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. Arinj is an upscale suburb with several mansions belonging to multimillionaires located there, including the mansion of Gagik Tsarukyan, founder of the Prosperous Armenia party.

Lernamerdz (, also Romanized as Lernamerts; formerly, Ayarlu) is an Armenian village of 400 people in Armavir Province that still follows Soviet communism, even after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Kanakeravan (Armenian, Քանաքեռավան), a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia, 42 km southwest of the province's center, on the high right bank of the Hrazdan river, blocking KERG.

village in Aragatsotn Province of Armenia

village in Ararat Province of Armenia

village in Aragatsotn Province of Armenia

village in Ararat Province of Armenia

village in Armavir Province of Armenia

Avshen () is a village in the Alagyaz Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.

Arevut (), known as Duzkend until 1935 and Barozh until 2006, is a village in the Arevut Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The town is mostly populated by Yazidis.

thumb | right | alt=Street sign indicating Mrganush | Street sign indicating Mrganush Mrganush () is a village in the Artashat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia.

village in Armavir Province of Armenia

village in Ararat Province of Armenia

Artashar () is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. Today, almost 42% (around 511 individuals) of the population are Yazidi Kurds.

village in Aragatsotn Province of Armenia

Berkashat () is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia.

village in Aragatsotn Province of Armenia

Bazmaghbyur () is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.

village in Kotayk Province of Armenia

village in Armavir Province of Armenia

Ghazaravan () is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Nearby, there are Bronze Age fortresses.

Otevan () is a village in the Metsadzor Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The village is home to a 12th-century ruined Armenian church as well as the ruins of a fortress and is mostly populated by Yezidis.

village in Aragatsotn, Armenia

Sadunts () is a village in the Alagyaz Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The town is mostly populated by Yazidis.