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Yazidis in Armenia

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Total population
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.

History edit

Year Yazidis Kurds Total
1897[a]
—
 31,458
1926[2] 12,237 3,025 15,262
1939[3]
—
 20,481
1959[4]
—
 25,627
1970[5]
—
 37,486
1979[6]
—
 50,822
1989[7]
—
 56,127
2001[8] 40,620 1,519 42,139
2011[9] 35,308 2,162 37,470

Soviet period edit

Independent Armenia edit

Արտագաղթի միտումները հետխորհրդային Հայաստանի ազգային փոքրամասնությունների շրջանում

ՀՀ ազգային փոքրամասնությունների հասարակական կազմակերպությունների դերը ինքնության պահպանման հարցում

Demographics edit

 
The number and percentage of Yazidis by provinces of Armenia, 2011.

Geographic distribution edit

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]

Yazidis in Armenia by provinces
Province (marz) 2001 2011 2011 %
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
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Syunik
Tavush
Vayots Dzor
Armenia[8][9] 40,620 35,308 1.2%


http://armavir.mtad.am/nationalminority/

Language edit

In the 2011 census, some 87% of Yazidis indicated "Yazidian" as their mother tongue, followed by Armenian (12%) and Kurdish (1%). [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

Religion edit

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.

https://www.armstat.am/file/doc/99478378.pdf

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Education edit

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

Identity edit

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

Discrimination edit

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.

Notables edit

Samand Siabandov

Sources edit

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/histmemo.25.1.145 Addressivity and the Monument: Memorials, Publics and the Yezidis of Armenia

References edit

Notes
  1. ^ This is the number of Kurdish-speakers in the the Erivan Governorate, except the uyezds of Surmali and Nakhichevan, which fall outside the territory of modern Armenia, but includes the Zangezur uyezd of the Elisabethpol Governorate.[1]
Citations
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