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MEDITERRANEAN SEA
Beirut
Damascus
Van
()
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()
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Aintab
()
Lake Van
Bitlis
()
Mardin
()
Ourfa
()
to
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A
h
Arghana
()
Diarbekir
()
I
ak
Moush
()
iv
Aleppo
Cypr
Bayazid
()
Tig
ur
Antioch
()
N
eO
Djebelibereket
()
E up hra te
E
L ak
Marash
()
Harpoot
()
M
ts
Malatia
()
Adana
()
R
Yerevan
Yerevan
Ar
A
Dersim
()
Nigde
()
Sis
()
Erzeroum
()
Erzinjan
()
Caesarea
()
Baku
ak
va
n
Sivas
()
OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Afion
Karahissar
()
ak
Shabin
Karahissar
()
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eLS
Yozghad
()
A
Tokat
()
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The crosses and pikes represent the distribution of Armenian churches and
monasteries in the Ottoman Empire on the eve of World War I. These numbers are
based on the  census of the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople, the only
creditable census data we have to date.
See Raymond Kevorkian, Le génocide des arméniens, Paris: Odile Jacob, .
Trebizond
()
Amasia
()
Angora
()
SE
Bolou
()
riv
ARMENIAN CHURCHES AND MONASTERIES
IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, 
Tblisi
Samsoun
()
N
IA
SP
Biredjik
()
Kastamonou
()
ia
is
or
PERSIA
RUSSIAN EMPIRE
CA
Ismit
()
Broussa
()
S E A
Sinope
()
Constantinople
()
Konia
()
ia
PERSIA
L
r
ur
to
rZ
e
D
f
Smyrna
()
Aidin
()
m
eO
Mardin
()
Tig
ia
ARMENIANS
IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, 
Van
(+)
Hakkiari
( + )
L ak
Damascus
Siirt
( + )
r
r
Beirut
A
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
SE
er
Des
us
Bitlis
( + )
r
Aintab
()
A
ur
Ourfa
( + )
I
m
B L ACK
N
Arghana
( + )
Diarbekir
( + )
iv
Aleppo
Cypr
r
o
Z
r
e
D
of
Lake Van
ve
Antioch
( + )
Moush
( + )
ri
Djebelibereket
( + )
E up hra te
Bayazid
( + )
is
Mersin
()
Adana
()
N
eO
Adalia
()
Marash
( + )
E
L ak
Sis
( + )
Ichili
()
Harpoot
( + )
Malatia
( + )
M
h
Caesarea
( + )
Konia
()
R
Hakkiari
,
Tig
Mardin
,
Kutahia
()
Yerevan
ak
A
Dersim
( + )
Nigde
()
Siirt
,
Baku
va
n
ts
Sparta
()
Afion
Karahissar
()
La
k
Erzeroum
( + )
Erzinjan
( + )
Balikesir
()
Ar
Denizli
()
Lazistan
()
Gumush Hane
( + )
Shabin
Karahissar
( + )
Sivas
( + )
OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Rodosto
()
IA
Tokat
( + )
Yozghad
(+)
SP
Trebizond
( + )
Amasia
( + )
e
eS
Angora
( + )
Tblisi
Samsoun
()
Kirshehir
()
Changheri
()
Bolou
()
Diarbekir
,
A
Van
,
Lake Van
Bitlis
,
CA
Kastamonou
()
Arghana
,
Adrianople
()
RUSSIAN EMPIRE
Bayazid
,
Moush
,
Ardushen
,
I
ve
Damascus
Sinope
()
N
million
Armenians
Thecircles
red circles
represent
distribution
of almost
million
Armenians
The red
represent
the the
distribution
of almost
twotwo
Warstatistics
I. These statistics
inhabiting
the Ottoman
Empire
on the
of World
are basedare
on
inhabiting
the Ottoman
Empire
on the
eveeve
of WWI.
These
of Constantinople,
based
on theof
of the
Armenian Patriarchate
the only the only
the 
census
the census
Armenian
Patriarchate
of Constantinople,
creditable
census
we have
to date.
creditable
census
datadata
we have
to date.
Odile Jacob,
Jacob, .
See Raymond
Kevorkian,
Le génocide
arméniens,Paris:
Paris:Odile
See Raymond
Kevorkian,
Le génocide
desdes
arméniens,
Beirut
Kutahia
()
Smyrna
()
Aidin
()
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MEDITERRANEAN SEA
S E A
E
Aintab
,
s
u
r
p
Cy
Ismit
( + )
Yerevan
Yerevan
M
Ourfa
,
Aleppo
Ineboli
()
R
iv
E up hra te
Baku
an
ri
Antioch
,
Constantinople
()
Magnesia
()
Marash
,
Djebelibereket
,
Ichili

B L ACK
Biredjik
()
A
Harpoot
,
ak
is
Mersin
,
Erzeroum
,
Erzinjan
,
Malatia
,
Adana
,
ak
Dersim
,
Nigde
,
Sis
,
A
Sparta
,
Adalia

Adrianople
()
Broussa
()
Sivas
,
Caesarea
,
Konia
,
Dardanelles
()
Balikesir
()
Shabin
Karahissar
,
h
ak
ts
Aidin
,
Gumush
Hane
,
Ar
Afion
Karahissar
,
Denizli

SE
Yozghad
,
OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Smyrna
,
Rodosto
()
Tokat
,
eev
eLS
Magnesia
,
Trebizond
,
Amasia
,
Changheri
,
Kutahia
,
N
Kirshehir
,
IA
Biredjik
,
Broussa
,
Tblisi
Samsoun
,
Bolou
,
SP
Ismit
,
Balikesir
,
RUSSIAN EMPIRE
Sinope
,
Angora
,
The three maps on these pages are a
graphic representation of Western
Armenian civilization as it existed
in Asia Minor on the eve of the Armenian Genocide, 1915–17.
The first map uses red dots to
show the distribution of Armenians before the Genocide. The red
dot concept has been used before,
in a now-iconic map produced in
1920. In that map, it was not clear
whether the dots indicated the
number of people killed at each locality, the number of people from
each locality who were killed, or the
number of people who lived in each
locality. The dots did not fit any of
those interpretations.
This map, prepared by historian
Ara Sarafian of the Gomidas Institute, does not show what happened in 1915, but what – or rather
who – existed just before 1915.
The second and third maps show
the distribution of Armenian
churches, monasteries, and schools
in the same period.
More information is available
from the Gomidas Institute at
www.gomidas.org or info@gomidas.
f
org.
S E A
CA
Constantinople
,
Rodosto
,
Dardanelles
,
BL AC K
PERSIA
ARMENIAN SCHOOLS
IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, 
The books represent the distribution of Armenian schools in the Ottoman Empire
on the eve of World War I. These numbers are based on the  census of the
Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople, the only creditable census data we have
to date.
See Raymond Kevorkian, Le génocide des arméniens, Paris: Odile Jacob, .
Maps created by the Armenian Reporter, and published in the edition of April 19, 2008.
Adrianople
,
L
Western
Armenian
civilization
on the
eve of the
Genocide