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Yazidis in Armenia

Yazidis (եզդիներ, yezdiner) are the largest ethnic minority in Armenia.

Independent Armenia
Արտագաղթի միտումները հետխորհրդային Հայաստանի ազգային փոքրամասնությունների շրջանում

ՀՀ ազգային փոքրամասնությունների հասարակական կազմակերպությունների դերը ինքնության պահպանման հարցում

Geographic distribution
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%).

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

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