ARMENIA ARMENIA REGION ASIA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE SEPTEMBER 23 1991 FROM THE SOVIET UNION DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION JULY 5 1995 POPULATION 309234 1999 EST AREA 11500 SQ MI CAPITAL YEREVAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES COPPER GOLD ZINC MOLYBDENUM MAIN INDUSTRIES MACHINERY ELECTRIC MOTORS TIRES CLOTHING SHOES CHEMICALS INSTRUMENTS MICROELECTRONICS AGRICULTURE FRUITS VEGETABLES LIVESTOCK CURRENCY DRAM GDP 9.2 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 2700 1998 EST LANGUAGES ARMENIAN RUSSIAN RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY ARMENIAN ORTHODOXY LITERACY RATE 99 LIFE EXPECTANCY 62 YEARS MALE 71 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 14 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 9 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
