The National Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts of Armenia (ASTGIK, meaning "little star"; ՀՀ Աղջիկ սկաուտների — գայդերի "ԱՍՏՂԻԿ" ազգային միություն) is the national Guiding association of Armenia. Guiding came to Armenia in 1988, the association was founded in 1996 and became an associate member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) in 2002. The girls-only organization has 1,002 members (as of 2002).
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