Western Armenia

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cultural region historical region

Western Armenia is a historical region in the eastern part of present-day Turkey that was once heavily populated by Armenians and is central to Armenian cultural memory and history.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Western Armenia (modern Republic of Armenia)	1
western Armenia	1

Statements (76)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural region ⓘ historical region ⓘ
alsoInhabitedHistoricallyBy	Assyrians NERFINISHED ⓘ Greeks NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurds NERFINISHED ⓘ Turks NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Armenian Genocide NERFINISHED ⓘ
borders	Caucasus region NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralTo	Armenian cultural memory ⓘ Armenian historical consciousness ⓘ Armenian national identity ⓘ
claimedIn	some Armenian political programs of the late 19th and early 20th centuries ⓘ
contains	Ani region NERFINISHED ⓘ Bitlis region NERFINISHED ⓘ Cilician highland fringes ⓘ Diyarbekir region NERFINISHED ⓘ Erzurum region NERFINISHED ⓘ Kars region NERFINISHED ⓘ Kharpert region NERFINISHED ⓘ Mush region NERFINISHED ⓘ Sasun region NERFINISHED ⓘ Van region NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsCity	Ani (medieval city) NERFINISHED ⓘ Bitlis NERFINISHED ⓘ Diyarbakır NERFINISHED ⓘ Elazığ NERFINISHED ⓘ Erzincan NERFINISHED ⓘ Erzurum NERFINISHED ⓘ Kars NERFINISHED ⓘ Kayseri NERFINISHED ⓘ Malatya NERFINISHED ⓘ Muş NERFINISHED ⓘ Sivas NERFINISHED ⓘ Van NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsFeature	Euphrates headwaters NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Van NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Ararat region (in broader Armenian Highlands) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tigris headwaters ⓘ
contrastedWith	Eastern Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentlyLocatedWithin	Republic of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
experienced	destruction of Armenian cultural heritage ⓘ mass deportations of Armenians in 1915 ⓘ
formerlyHad	Armenian schools ⓘ dense Armenian rural population ⓘ numerous Armenian churches ⓘ numerous Armenian monasteries ⓘ
hasSignificanceFor	Armenian Apostolic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Armenian diaspora NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicallyPopulatedBy	Armenians NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicallyRuledBy	Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian Empires NERFINISHED ⓘ Seljuk Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalNameUsedBy	Armenians NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageHistoricallySpoken	Classical Armenian (in liturgy) ⓘ Western Armenian NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ Asia Minor ⓘ eastern part of present-day Turkey ⓘ
memorializedIn	Armenian church commemorations ⓘ Armenian literature ⓘ Armenian music ⓘ Armenian visual arts ⓘ
overlapsWith	Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Armenian Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ historic Armenian Highlands ⓘ
religionHistoricallyDominant	Armenian Apostolic Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
terrainType	high plateau ⓘ mountainous ⓘ
timePeriodTermUsedSince	19th century ⓘ
usedInContext	Armenian Question in late Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Armenian national liberation movement NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Adoian → associatedWithRegion → Western Armenia ⓘ

Khorgom → locatedIn → Western Armenia ⓘ

Khorgom → historicalRegion → Western Armenia ⓘ

Vagharshapat → locatedIn → Western Armenia ⓘ

Sasna Tsrer → regionOfFolklore → Western Armenia ⓘ

Sassoun → locatedIn → Western Armenia ⓘ

Sasun region → locatedIn → Western Armenia ⓘ

Sasun region → partOf → Western Armenia ⓘ

Mesrop Mashtots Cathedral in Oshakan → locatedIn → Western Armenia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Armenia (modern Republic of Armenia)

Armavir Province → locatedIn → Western Armenia ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Armenia

Bitlis Vilayet → historicalRegion → Western Armenia ⓘ

Muş → historicalRegion → Western Armenia ⓘ