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Armenia

After having its independence recognised in 1991 with the breaking up of the Soviet Union, land in Armenia was quickly privatised. Despite a significant movement of the population to the countryside, as the country initially suffered from a reduced industrial output, the urban population of Armenia remains around 63% of the national total, with more than half of this urban population living in the capital Yerevan. There is continued territorial conflict with Azerbaijan over competing claims for the Nagorno–Karabakh region.
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In the Soviet era, all land in Armenia was owned by the state. Agricultural land was set up into large cooperatives and state farms. Following the break-up of the Soviet Union, a speedy period of land reform took place from 1991-1993, privatizing land and providing it to citizens free of charge.