The Armenian diaspora (Western Armenian: Հայկական սփիւռք Haygagan spiurk; Eastern Armenian: Հայկական սփյուռք Haykakan spyurk' ) refers to the Armenian communities outside the Republic of Armenia and self-proclaimed de facto independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Throughout the fourth century A.D. and then during and after the Armenian Genocide, Armenian immigrants have established communities in over 30 different regions throughout the world. Most Armenians in the diaspora are not from the Republic of Armenia but from Western Armenia (modern day Eastern Turkey), mainly those who descended from the survivors of the Armenian Genocide.
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