Armenian-Dutch

Armenian-Dutch (Dutch: Armeense Nederlanders) are citizens of the Netherlands of Armenian ancestry. The exact number of Armenians in the country is unknown, since the Dutch Immigration Office only offers data on country of origin. It is unofficially estimated that about 6,000 to 9,000 Armenians live in the Netherlands.
History
Armenian and Dutch interactions have is believed to have been started in the 13th and 14th century, when Dutch merchants arrived in Cilicia and Armenian trading houses opened in the Low Countries. Armenians brought in carpets, dyes, cotton, and spices from around the world and from Armenia itself.
Apart from the contemporary Armenian community spread out over the Netherlands, there was an independent Armenian community concentrated in Amsterdam during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Many Armenian merchants in Amsterdam went to Southeast Asia in the 19th century to trade, and to set up factories and plantations, establishing...