Aygek ( hy, Այգեկ) is a village and a rural community in the

Armavir Province Armavir ( hy, wikt:Արմավիր, Արմավիր, ), is a administrative divisions of Armenia, province (''marz'') in the western part of Armenia. Located in the Ararat plain dominated by Mount Ararat from the south and Mount Aragats from the n ...

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...

. It is located 8 km west of the capital

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Y ...

and 36 km east of the provincial centre Armavir. It has an elevation of 870 metres above sea level.Aygek
/ref> The majority of the village are Armenian migrants from

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. The village is only 16 km away from the Armenian-Turkish border line.

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World Gazeteer: Armenia
– World-Gazetteer.com * * Populated places in Armavir Province Populated places established in 1946 Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union 1946 establishments in the Soviet Union {{ArmavirAM-geo-stub

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