Iraqi Armenians

Iraqi Armenians
العراقيين الأرمن
իրաքահայեր
	Armenia Iraq
Total population
	10,000 (2011); about 20,000 prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq
Regions with significant populations
	Cities: Baghdad, Mosul, Basra, Kirkuk, Baqubah and Dohuk ; Villages: Avzrog, Havresk, Zakho and Ishkender
Languages
	Western Armenian; Mesopotamian Arabic
Religion
	Christianity (mostly Armenian Apostolic, some Armenian Catholics and pockets of Evangelical and Brethren Protestants)

Iraqi Armenians (Arabic: أرمنيون عراقيون ’Armanion Iraqion; Armenian: իրաքահայեր irakahayer) are Iraqi citizens and residents of Armenian ethnicity. Many Armenians settled in Iraq after fleeing the 1915 Armenian genocide. It is estimated that there are 10,000–20,000 Armenians living in Iraq, with communities in Baghdad, Mosul, Basra, Kirkuk,^[4] Baqubah, Dohuk, Zakho and Avzrog.^[5]^[6]

^ Armenia News.am website About 10,000 Armenians live in Iraq
^ "Armenians of Iraqi Kurdistan - Taking Up Arms Against the Ongoing ISIL Threat - Hetq - News, Articles, Investigations". Retrieved 24 September 2017.
^ "United Nations UNHCR website; An Iraqi Armenian teen shows the way to a new life".
^ Ashjian, Ara (12 August 2009). "Armenian Issues: From the Armenian Church of Iraq- A visit to the Armenian Community of Kirkuk". Retrieved 24 September 2017.
^ "Iraq: Tiny Ethnic-Armenian Community Survived Hussein, Making It In Postwar Times." RFE/RL. July 6, 2004.
^ Fisher, William B. (1978). The Middle East: A Physical, Social and Regional Geography. London: Routledge. p. 363. ISBN 978-0-416-71520-0.

[1] Armenia News.am website About 10,000 Armenians live in Iraq

[hetq.am-2] "Armenians of Iraqi Kurdistan - Taking Up Arms Against the Ongoing ISIL Threat - Hetq - News, Articles, Investigations". Retrieved 24 September 2017.

[3] "United Nations UNHCR website; An Iraqi Armenian teen shows the way to a new life".

[4] Ashjian, Ara (12 August 2009). "Armenian Issues: From the Armenian Church of Iraq- A visit to the Armenian Community of Kirkuk". Retrieved 24 September 2017.

[5] "Iraq: Tiny Ethnic-Armenian Community Survived Hussein, Making It In Postwar Times." RFE/RL. July 6, 2004.

[6] Fisher, William B. (1978). The Middle East: A Physical, Social and Regional Geography. London: Routledge. p. 363. ISBN 978-0-416-71520-0.

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Total population
Armenia Iraq
10,000 (2011);^[1] about 20,000 prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq
Regions with significant populations
Cities: Baghdad, Mosul, Basra, Kirkuk, Baqubah and Dohuk Villages: Avzrog, Havresk, Zakho and Ishkender^[2]
Languages
Western Armenian^[3] Mesopotamian Arabic
Religion
Christianity (mostly Armenian Apostolic, some Armenian Catholics and pockets of Evangelical and Brethren Protestants)