Middle East

Armenia

Location

South-western Asia, east of Turkey.

Border areas with Azerbaijan should be avoided. Travel at night outside the capital should be avoided. Local militia groups, weapons (various), vehicle security, personal security, bandits/corruption, gunfire, checkpoints, muggings, robberies, general travel, navigation, off road driving, building/office security, climate injuries, personal hygiene, sanitation/sterilisation, clothing & equipment, emergency first aid, helicopter safety, cultures/customs, communications. Aircraft safety record is not good. Visitors should avoid discussing politics with the locals. Violent civil demonstrations.

Use bottled water.

Armenian Highland with mountains; little forest land; fast flowing rivers; good soil in Aras River valley.

Highland continental, hot summers, cold winters.

Occasionally severe earthquakes; droughts.

Avian influenza, hepatitis A, polio, rabies, typhoid.
Hospital: Republican Clinical Hospital, 6 Margarian Street, Achapniak, Yerevan.
Tel: 2-345083

Soil pollution from toxic chemicals such as DDT; the energy crisis of the 1990s led to deforestation when citizens scavenged for firewood; pollution of Hrazdan (Razdan) and Aras Rivers; the draining of Sevana Lich (Lake Sevan), a result of its use as a source for hydropower, threatens drinking water supplies; restart of Metsamor nuclear power plant in spite of its location in a seismically active zone.

Roads are poor. Local standards of driving are poor. Reckless drivers flout traffic laws. If walking beware when crossing roads.

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