A municipality in
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 ...
referred to as community ( hy, համայնք ''hamaynk'', plural: hy, համայնքներ ''hamaynkner''), is an administrative subdivision consisting of a settlement ( hy, բնակավայր ''bnakavayr'') or a group of settlements ( hy, բնակավայրեր ''bnakavayrer'') that enjoys local self-government. The settlements are classified as either towns ( hy, քաղաքներ ''kaghakner'', singular hy, քաղաք ''kaghak'') or villages ( hy, գյուղեր ''gyugher'', singular ( hy, գյուղ ''gyugh''). The administrative centre of a community could either be an urban settlement (town) or a rural settlement (village).
Two-thirds of the population are now urbanized. As of 2017, 63.6% of Armenians live in
urban areas
An urban area, built-up area or urban agglomeration is a human settlement with a high population density and infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban morphology as cities, t ...
as compared to 36.4% in rural. As of the end of 2017,
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 ...
has 503 municipal communities (including
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 ...
) of which 46 are urban and 457 are rural. The capital, Yerevan, also has the status of a community.
Each municipality bears the same name as its administrative centre, with the exception of 7 municipalities, of which 4 are located in Shirak Province (
Ani Municipality
Ani ( hy, Անի; grc-gre, Ἄνιον, ''Ánion''; la, Abnicum; tr, Ani) is a ruined medieval Armenian city now situated in Turkey's province of Kars, next to the closed border with Armenia.
Between 961 and 1045, it was the capital of th ...
with its centre
Maralik
Maralik ( hy, Մարալիկ), is a town and the centre of the urban community of Maralik, in Shirak Province at the northwest of Armenia. As of the 2011 census, the population of the town is 5,398, down from 5,782 reported in the 2001 census. As ...
,
Arpi Municipality with its centre
Berdasehen,
Marmashen Municipality with its centre
Mayisyan,
Sarapat Municipality with its centre
Torosgyugh), 1 is located in
Gegharkunik Province
Gegharkunik ( hy, Գեղարքունիք, ) is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is Gavar.
Gegharkunik Province is located at the eastern part of Armenia, bordering Azerbaijan. It includes the exclave of Artsvashe ...
(
Geghamasar Municipality with its centre
Sotk
Sotk ( hy, Սոթք) is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, well known for its gold mines.
Etymology
According to J. Markwart and N. Adonts, the name Sotk may be connected to the name of a tribe called ''Tsavde'' (''atsvots'') me ...
), 1 is located in
Syunik Province
Syunik ( hy, Սյունիք, ) is the southernmost province of Armenia. It is bordered by the Vayots Dzor Province to the north, Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic exclave to the west, Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran to the south. I ...
(
Tatev Municipality
Tatev Municipality, referred to as Tatev Community ( hy, Տաթև Համայնք ''Tatev Hamaynk''), is a rural community and administrative subdivision of Syunik Province of Armenia, at the south of the country. Consisted of a group of settlement ...
with its centre
Shinuhayr), and 1 is located in
Vayots Dzor Province
Vayots Dzor ( hy, Վայոց Ձոր, ) is a province (''marz'') of Armenia. It lies at the southeastern end of the country, bordering the Nakhchivan exclave of Azerbaijan to the west and the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan to the east. It cover ...
(
Yeghegis Municipality
Yeghegis Community ( hy, Եղեգիս Համայնք ''Yeghegis Hamaynk''), is a rural community (municipality) and administrative subdivision of Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia, at the southeast of the country. Consisted of a group of settlements ...
with its centre
Shatin
Sha Tin, also spelt Shatin, is a neighbourhood along Shing Mun River in the eastern New Territories, Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Sha Tin District. Sha Tin is one of the neighbourhoods of the Sha Tin New Town project.
The ne ...
).
Here is a list of the municipalities of Armenia as of January 2018, classified by province and type:
Aragatsotn Province
Aragatsotn ( hy, Արագածոտն, ) is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. It is located in the western part of the country. The capital and largest city of the province is the town of Ashtarak. The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported ...
Aragatsotn Province is currently divided into 72 municipal communities, of which 3 are urban and 69 are rural:
Rural communities and included settlements:
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Agarak
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Agarakavan
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Aghdzk
Aghdzk ( hy, Աղձք, formerly, ''Akhs'', ''Akis'' and ''Dzorap'' - hy, Ձորափ) is a village on the slopes of Mount Aragats in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. It is home to the Arshakid Mausoleum, a large grave monument complex and bas ...
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Akunk
Akunk ( hy, Ակունք) is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.
History
The village was founded on the site of a Bronze Age settlement and to the west of Akunk, there is a cyclopean masonry, cyclopean fort, ''Klor Dar'', dating ...
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Alagyaz
Alagyaz ( hy, Ալագյազ; ku, Elegez, until 1938, Mets Dzhamshlu, Bol'shoy Dzhamushli, Dzhamushlu Bol'shoy, Dzhamushli, Mets Jamyshlu, and Mets Jamshlu) is a village in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Most of the population are Yazidis a ...
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Avshen
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Charchakis
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Jamshlu
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Kaniashir
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Mijnatun
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Mirak
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Rya Taza
Rya Taza ( hy, Ռյա Թազա) or ''Ria Taza'' ( ku, Ria Taza, translation, New way) is a village in the Alagyaz Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. It was formerly known as ''Kondakhsaz'' or known by locals as ''Qundesaz''. Mo ...
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Shenkani
Shenkani ( hy, Շենկանի) is a village in the Alagyaz Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The town is mostly populated by Yazidis
Yazidis or Yezidis (; ku, ئێزیدی, translit=Êzidî) are a Kurmanji-speaking en ...
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Sipan
Huaca Rajada, also known as Sipán, is a Moche archaeological site in northern Peru in the Lambayeque Valley, that is famous for the tomb of '' Lord of Sipán'' (El Señor de Sipán), excavated by Walter Alva and his wife Susana Meneses beginn ...
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Antarut
Antarut ( hy, Անտառուտ; until 1949, Inaklu)John Brady Kiesling, Raffi Kojian (2001). ''Rediscovering Armenia An Archaeological/touristic Gazetteer and Map Set for the Historical Monuments of Armenia''. Yerevan: Tigran Mets; p. 15 is a town ...
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Aragatsavan
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Arteni
Arteni ( hy, Արտենի;) is a town in the Aragatsotn province of Armenia.
The town contains a wine factory.
See also
*Aragatsotn Province
Aragatsotn ( hy, Արագածոտն, ) is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. It is located in the ...
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Getap
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Lusakn
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Aragatsotn
Aragatsotn ( hy, Արագածոտն, ) is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. It is located in the western part of the country. The capital and largest city of the province is the town of Ashtarak. The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported ...
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Artashavan
Artashavan ( hy, Արտաշավան; formerly, Ilanchalan), is a village in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. In the village to the northeast, is the restored 7th-century Surp Amenaprkich Church. The villages of Lusaghbyur and Nigatun are also ...
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Aruch
Aruch ( hy, Արուճ; until 1970, TalishJohn Brady Kiesling, Raffi Kojian (2001). ''Rediscovering Armenia An Archaeological/touristic Gazetteer and Map Set for the Historical Monuments of Armenia''. Yerevan: Tigran Mets; p. 17), is a village in ...
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Ashnak
Ashnak ( hy, Աշնակ) is a village in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The village is known from the 5th century, but was relocated to its present site in 1830. The town's environs include the ruins of a 10th-century chapel, a 5th-century c ...
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Avan
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Khnusik
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Arevut
Arevut ( hy, Արևուտ), known as ''Duzkend'' until 1935 and ''Barozh'' until 2006, is a village in the Arevut Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The town is mostly populated by Yazidis
Yazidis or Yezidis (; ku, ئێ ...
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Bazmaghbyur
Bazmaghbyur ( hy, Բազմաղբյուր, until 1949, Takiya and Takia;John Brady Kiesling, Raffi Kojian (2001). ''Rediscovering Armenia: An Archaeological/touristic Gazetteer and Map Set for the Historical Monuments of Armenia''. Yerevan: Tigran ...
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Byurakan
Byurakan ( hy, Բյուրական), is a major village in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia, located on the slope of Mount Aragats. The village is home to several historical sites including the 7th-century Artavazik Church, the 10th-century bas ...
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Dashtadem
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Davtashen
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Ddmasar
Ddmasar ( hy, Դդմասար) is a village in the Arevut Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The town is mostly populated by Yazidis
Yazidis or Yezidis (; ku, ئێزیدی, translit=Êzidî) are a Kurmanji-speaking end ...
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Dian Dian may refer to:
Places
* Dian Kingdom, ancient kingdom in modern Yunnan province, China
* ''Diān'' (滇), an official abbreviation for Yunnan province
* Lake Dian, a lake in Yunnan
* Dian, Armenia, a village
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People
* Dian (given name), a lis ...
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Dprevank
Dprevank ( hy, Դպրեվանք) is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The village is on the road from Dzoragyugh to Tsakhkasar. The village has been founded in 1991-1992 by Armenian refugees fleeing fr ...
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Garnahovit
Garnahovit ( hy, Գառնահովիտ) is a village in the Talin Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Weste ...
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Ghazaravan
Ghazaravan ( hy, Ղազարավան) is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Wes ...
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Hako
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Hatsashen
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Irind
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Kakavadzor
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Kanch
Kanch ( hy, Կանչ) is a village in the Arevut Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The town is mostly populated by Yezidi
Yazidis or Yezidis (; ku, ئێزیدی, translit=Êzidî) are a Kurmanji-speaking endogamous m ...
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Karbi
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Karmrashen
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Katnaghbyur
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Kosh
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Lernarot
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Mastara
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Dzoragyugh
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Melikgyugh
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Metsadzor
Metsadzor ( hy, Մեծաձոր) is a village in the Metsadzor Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Most inhabitants are Yezidis – the town's name means "waterless" in Kurdish
Kurdish may refer to:
*Kurds or Kurdish people
*Kurdi ...
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Nerkin Bazmaberd
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Nerkin Sasnashen
Nerkin Sasnashen ( hy, Ներքին Սասնաշեն) is a village in the Talin Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Hi ...
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Nor Amanos
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Nor Artik
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Nor Yedesia
Nor Yedesia ( hy, Նոր Եդեսիա) is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Nor Yedesia was a former sovkhoz
A sovkhoz ( rus, совхо́з, p=sɐfˈxos, a=ru-sovkhoz.ogg, abbreviated from ''с ...
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Ohanavan
Ohanavan ( hy, Օհանավան, also Romanized as Oganavan) is a town in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Ohanavan was resettled in 1828 by emigrants from Muş. On a nearby escarpment sits the 13th-century Hovhannavank Monastery. Both the tow ...
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Orgov
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Oshakan
Oshakan ( hy, Օշական) is a major village in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia located 8 kilometers southwest from Ashtarak. It is well known to historians and pilgrims of the Armenian Apostolic Church as the site of the grave of Mesrop Mas ...
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Otevan
Otevan ( hy, Օթևան) is a village in the Metsadzor Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The village is home to a 12th-century ruined Armenian church as well as the ruins of a fortress and is mostly populated by Yezidis.
See ...
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Parpi
Parpi ( hy, Փարպի) is a village in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. It is home to the 5th-century Tsiranavor Church, with 7th- and 10th-century modifications. There is also S. Grigor or S. Grigor Lusavorich (''Gregory the Illuminator'') Ch ...
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Partizak
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Saghmosavan
Saghmosavan ( hy, Սաղմոսավան, also Romanized as Sagmosavan) is a town in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The town is the site of the Saghmosavank Monastery (the "Monastery of Psalms") with Saint Sion church, built in 1215.
Popul ...
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Sasunik
Sasunik ( hy, Սասունիկ); is a village in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. It was founded as a collective farm in 1955, and villagers were resettled from the old village of Sasunik in 1960. The community of Sasunik also includes the vi ...
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Karin
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Shamiram
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Shgharshik
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Sorik
Sorik ( hy, Սորիկ) is a village in the Arevut Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia, mostly populated by Yazidis
Yazidis or Yezidis (; ku, ئێزیدی, translit=Êzidî) are a Kurmanji-speaking endogamous minority gro ...
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Suser
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Tatul
Tatul ( bg, Татул, the local name for ''Datura stramonium'') is a village in Momchilgrad municipality, Kardzhali Province located in the Eastern Rhodopes in southern Bulgaria. It is lies at 319 m above sea level at , 15 km east of Mom ...
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Tegher
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Tlik
Tlik ( hy, Թլիկ) is a village in the Arevut Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia, near the Armenia–Turkey border. The majority of the inhabitants are Yezidis.
References
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Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census< ...
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Tsaghkahovit
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Berkarat
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Geghadir
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Geghadzor
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Gegharot
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Hnaberd
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Lernapar
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Norashen
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Sadunts
Sadunts ( hy, Սադունց) is a village in the Alagyaz Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The town is mostly populated by Yazidis
Yazidis or Yezidis (; ku, ئێزیدی, translit=Êzidî) are a Kurmanji-speaking end ...
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Tsilkar
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Vardablur
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Tsaghkasar
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Tsamakasar
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Ujan
Ujan ( hy, Ուջան, also Romanized as Udzhan and Udjan) is a town in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.
Ujan is home to the first statue of General Andranik erected in Armenia. It was secretly erected at night on 4 June 1967.
Gallery
Im ...
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Ushi
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Verin Bazmaberd
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Verin Sasunik
Verin Sasunik ( hy, Վերին Սասունիկ); formerly known as Gharajilar, is a village in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. It was depopulated in 1960 and resettled in 1989.
See also
*Aragatsotn Province
Aragatsotn ( hy, Արագա ...
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Verin Sasnashen
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Voskehat
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Vosketas
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Voskevaz
Voskevaz ( hy, Ոսկեվազ; formerly, Kiziltamur and Ghzltamur) is a village in the Aragatsotn province of Armenia. Not far from the center of the village is the church of Surp Hovhannes, built between the 7th and 12th centuries. The village i ...
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Yeghnik
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Zarinja
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Zovasar
Ararat Province
Ararat ( hy, Արարատ, ), is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is the town of Artashat.
The province is named after the biblical Mount Ararat. It is bordered by Turkey from the west and Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan ...
Ararat Province is currently divided into 95 municipal communities, of which 4 are urban and 91 are rural:
Rural communities and included settlements:
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Abovyan
Abovyan or Abovian ( hy, Աբովյան), is a town and urban municipal community in Armenia within the Kotayk Province. It is located northeast of Yerevan and southeast of the province centre Hrazdan. As of the 2011 census, the population of t ...
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Araksavan
Araksavan ( hy, Արաքսավան) is a village in the Artashat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western ...
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Aralez
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Ararat
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Arbat
Arbat Street (Russian ), mainly referred to in English as the Arbat, is a pedestrian street about one kilometer long in the historical centre of Moscow, Russia. The Arbat has existed since at least the 15th century, which makes it one of the o ...
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Arevabuyr
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Argavand
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Arevshat
Arevshat ( hy, Արևշատ) is a village in the Artashat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.T ...
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Armash
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Avshar
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Aygepat
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Aygestan
Aygestan ( hy, Այգեստան) is a town in the Ararat (province), Ararat Province of Armenia.
See also
* Ararat Province
References
*World Gazeteer: Armenia– World-Gazetteer.comReport of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census
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Aygavan
Aygavan ( hy, Այգավան) is a village in the Vedi Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia, located on the Yerevan-Meghri highway, near the Yerevan- Nakhchivan railway, at a height of 840 meters above sea level.
Etymology
The village ...
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Aygezard
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Ayntap
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Azatashen
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Azatavan
Azatavan ( hy, Ազատավան) is a village in the Artashat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western As ...
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Baghramyan
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Bardzrashen
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Berdik
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Berkanush
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Burastan
Burastan ( hy, Բուրաստան) is a village in the Artashat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western As ...
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Byuravan
Byuravan ( hy, Բյուրավան) is a village in the Artashat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia.
History
In 1936-1967 the village was engaged in cotton making, hence the name of the village - Bambakavan. In 1978, on the initiative ...
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Dalar
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Darakert
Darakert ( hy, Դարակերտ) is a village in the Ararat Province of Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of ...
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Darbnik
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Dashtakar
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Dashtavan
Dashtavan ( hy, Դաշտավան) is a village in the Masis Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.Th ...
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Deghdzut
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Dimitrov
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Ditak
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Dvin
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Geghanist
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Getapnya
Getapnya ( hy, Գետափնյա, also Romanized as Getap’nya and Getapnia; until 1978,
AghjaghshlaghKiesling, ''Rediscovering Armenia'', p. 24, available online at thUS embassy to Armenia's website) is a town in the Ararat Province of Armenia. ...
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Getazat
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Ghukasavan
Ghukasavan ( hy, Ղուկասավան) is a village in the Masis Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia. It was renamed in 1949 in honor of Ghukas Ghukasian, founder of the Armenian Communist Youth Movement. Kiesling, ''Rediscovering Arm ...
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Ginevet
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Goravan
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Hayanist
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Hnaberd
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Hovtashat
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Hovtashen
Hovtashen ( hy, Հովտաշեն) is a village in the Artashat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia. The village was founded in the 1920s, and initially was mostly populated by Azeri people. In the 1930s, Armenians from Surmalu, Nakhc ...
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Jrahovit
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Jrashen
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Kaghtsrashen
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Kanachut
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Khachpar
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Lanjar
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Lanjazat
Lanjazat ( hy, Լանջազատ, also Romanized as Landzhazat and Lendzhazat) is a town in the Ararat Province of Armenia.
See also
* Ararat Province
Ararat ( hy, Արարատ, ), is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. Its capital and largest ...
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Lusarat
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Lusashogh
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Marmarashen
Marmarashen ( hy, Մարմարաշեն, lit=Marble village), known until 1967 as Aghamzalu ( hy, Ախամզալու), Ադամյան, Ն., ed. Հայկական ՍՍՀ վարչա-տերիտորիալ բաժանումը. Երևան : Հայաստ ...
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Masis
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Mkhchyan
Mkhchyan ( hy, Մխչյան) is a village in the Artashat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia near the Armenia–Turkey border
The Armenia–Turkey border ( hy, Հայաստան–Թուրքիա սահման, translit=Hayastan–T ...
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Mrganush
Mrganush ( hy, Մրգանուշ) is a village in the Artashat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia. ...
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Mrgavan
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Mrgavet
Mrgavet ( hy, Մրգավետ) is a village in the Artashat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia.
References
*World Gazeteer: Armenia
– World-Gazetteer.com
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Populated places in Ararat Province
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Narek
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Nizami
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Nor Kharberd
Nor Kharberd ( hy, Նոր Խարբերդ) is a village in the Masis Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia, located 4 kilometers south of Yerevan. Also there are population of Yazidis
Yazidis or Yezidis (; ku, ئێزیدی, trans ...
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Nor Kyank
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Nor Kyurin
Nor Kyurin ( hy, Նոր Կյուրին, also Romanized as Nor Kurin) is a village in the Ararat Province of Armenia. Nor Kyurin means New Kyurin, pronounced jurinor yrinin Western Armenian. It was named after the city of Gürün, which is kn ...
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Nor Ughi
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Norabats
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Noramarg
Noramarg ( hy, Նորամարգ) is a village in the Masis Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.Th ...
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Norashen
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Noyakert
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Nshavan
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Paruyr Sevak
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Tigranashen
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Pokr Vedi
Pokr Vedi ( hy, Փոքր Վեդի) is a village in the Vedi Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.T ...
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Ranchpar
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Sayat-Nova
Sayat-Nova ( Armenian: Սայեաթ-Նովայ ( сlassical), Սայաթ-Նովա ( reformed); ka, საიათნოვა; ; ; born Harutyun Sayatyan; 14 June 1712 – 22 September 1795) was an Armenian poet, musician and ''ashugh'', w ...
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Shahumyan
Shahumyan Province ( hy, Շահումյան, Shahumyan, also spelled ''Shaumyan'' and ''Shahumian'') is a claimed province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, ''de jure'' part of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The capital of the province was K ...
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Sipanik
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Sis
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Sisavan
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Surenavan
Surenavan ( hy, Սուրենավան) is a village in the Ararat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western ...
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Taperakan
Taperakan ( hy, Տափերական,also Romanized as Tap’erakan; formerly, KirovKiesling, ''Rediscovering Armenia'', p. 27, available online at thUS embassy to Armenia's website) is a town in the Ararat Province of Armenia. The town used to be ...
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Urtsadzor
Urtsadzor ( hy, Ուրցաձոր) is a village in the Ararat Province of Armenia containing the former village of Chimankend. The village was previously the administrative capital of the Gharabaghlar District which existed in 1937–1951 in Soviet ...
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Lanjanist
Lanjanist ( hy, Լանջանիստ) is a village in the Vedi Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia.
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Shaghap
Shaghap ( hy, Շաղափ, also Romanized as Shagap’, Shagap, and Shagab; formerly, Shagaplu) is a town in the Ararat Province of Armenia.
See also
* Ararat Province
Ararat ( hy, Արարատ, ), is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. Its cap ...
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Urtsalanj
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Vanashen
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Vardashat
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Vardashen
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Verin Artashat
Verin Artashat ( hy, Վերին Արտաշատ) is a village in the Artashat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highland ...
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Verin Dvin
Verin Dvin ( hy, Վերին Դվին; formerly known as Aysori Dvin and Verkhniy Dvin, literally means ''Upper Dvin''), is a village in the Ararat Province of Armenia located 30 kilometers south of Yerevan. The largest Assyrian community in Arme ...
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Vosketap
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Vostan
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Yeghegnavan
Yeghegnavan ( hy, Եղեգնավան; az, Şidli, anglicized: ''Shidli'') is a village in the Ararat Province of Armenia near the Armenia–Turkey border. The village was populated by Azerbaijanis before the exodus of Azerbaijanis from Armenia af ...
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Yeraskh
Yeraskh ( hy, Երասխ, formerly, Arazdayan) is a village in the Ararat Province of Armenia. Yeraskh is the closest Armenian village to the closed border with Azerbaijan. The settlement is adjacent to Heydarabad, Azerbaijan across the border ...
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Zangakatun
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Zorak
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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 ...
Armavir Province is currently divided into 97 municipal communities, of which 3 are urban and 94 are rural:
Rural communities and included settlements:
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Aghavnatun
Aghavnatun ( hy, Աղավնատուն, formerly, Akhavnatukh) is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. it is home to ruins of an iron-age fortress, a 13th-century tomb and a chapel.
There are four churches in the village, the oldest of ...
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Aknalich
Aknalich (or Aknalitch, hy, Ակնալիճ; formerly, Aygherlich) is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The village is situated on a lake, after which it is named, to the east of Metsamor.
Aknalich village is the site of the only Yaz ...
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Aknashen
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Alashkert
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* Amasya, a city in Northern Turkey
** Amasya Province, which contains the city
** Amasea (titular see), the former Metropolitan Archbishopric with see there, now a Latin Catholic titular see
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Amberd
Amberd ( hy, Ամբերդ) is a 10th-century fortress located above sea level, on the slopes of Mount Aragats at the confluence of the Arkashen and Amberd rivers in the province of Aragatsotn, Armenia. The name translates to "fortress in the clo ...
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Apaga
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Aragats
Mount Aragats ( hy, Արագած, ) is an isolated four-peaked volcano massif in Armenia. Its northern summit, at above sea level, is the highest point of the Lesser Caucasus and Armenia. It is also one of the highest points in the Armenian Hi ...
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Araks (Armavir)
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Araks (Vagharshapat)
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Aratashen
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Arazap
Arazap ( hy, Արազափ) is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia.
See also
*Armavir Province
Armavir ( hy, Արմավիր, ), is a province (''marz'') in the western part of Armenia. Located in the Ararat plain dominated by Mount A ...
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Arevadasht
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Arevashat
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Arevik
Arevik ( hy, Արևիկ; formerly, Agdzharkh and Aghja-Arkh) is a town in the Armavir province of Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia ...
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Argavand
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Argina
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Description
Palpi upturned, reaching the vertex of he ...
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Armavir
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Arshaluys
Arshaluys ( hy, Արշալույս, until 1935 ''Kyorpalu'') is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It is located 14 km north-east from the regional center. It is located on the right bank of the Kasagh River. The city is about 19 km fr ...
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Artamet
Artamet ( hy, Արտամետ) is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia; it is located around 65 km east of Yerevan and 12 km from the border with Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, ...
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Artashar
Artashar ( hy, Արտաշար) is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. Today, almost 42% (around 511 individuals) of the population are Yazidis in Armenia, Yazidi Kurds.
References
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*Report of the results of the 2001 ...
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Artimet
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Aygek
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Aygeshat (Armavir)
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Aygeshat (Vagharshapat)
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Aygevan
Aygevan ( hy, Այգևան); formerly ''Sovkhoz Nomer Shest'' – ( Russian for "Sovkhoz number six"), later ''Imeni Stalina'', later ''Dzerzhinski'' and ''Imeni Dzerzhinskogo'', is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It was founded ...
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Bagaran
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Baghramyan (Armavir)
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Baghramyan (Vagharshapat)
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Bambakashat
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Berkashat
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Dalarik
Dalarik ( hy, Դալարիկ; until 1965, Mastara) is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia.
See also
*Armavir Province
Armavir ( hy, Արմավիր, ), is a province (''marz'') in the western part of Armenia. Located in the Ararat pl ...
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Dasht
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Doghs
Doghs ( hy, Դողս) is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. In 894, Smbat I defeated Emir Apshin of Atrapatakan in a battle at Doghs. The town's church, dedicated to Surb Stepanos (''Saint Stephen''), was built in the 19th century. Th ...
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Ferik
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Gai
Gai or GAI may refer to:
People
Given name or nickname
* GAI (musician) (born 1987), Chinese hip-hop musician
* Gai Assulin (born 1991), Israeli footballer
* Gai Brodtmann (born 1963), Australian politician
* Gai Eaton (1921–2010), Brit ...
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Geghakert
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Getashen
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Griboyedov Griboyedov may refer to:
* Alexander Griboyedov (1795-1829), Russian playwright and diplomat
* Griboyedov Canal
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Hatsik
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Haykashen
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Haykavan
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Haytagh
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Hovtamej
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Hushakert
Hushakert ( hy, Հուշակերտ; until 1968, Shah-Varut) is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.Th ...
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Janfida
Janfida ( hy, Ջանֆիդա), is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of ...
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Jrarat
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Jrarbi
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Jrashen
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Karakert
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Khanjyan
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Khoronk
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Koghbavan
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Lenughi
Lenughi ( hy, Լենուղի; until 1946, Aghlanli Nerkin and Yasakhli) is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The town's church, dedicated to Saint Nshan, dates from the 1870s. The "MAP" brandy and wine factory is located in Lenughi.
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Lernagog
Lernagog ( hy, Լեռնագոգ), is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The village was formerly a sovkhoz. The village is sponsored by COAF Children of Armenia Fund and is one of the cleanest villages in Armenia. It has a very good sc ...
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Lernamerdz
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Lukashin
Lukashin ( hy, Լուկաշին; formerly, Imeni Mikoyana), is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asi ...
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Lusagyugh
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Margara
Bridge over Arax at Margara in 1925.
Margara ( hy, Մարգարա, also Romanized as Markara; formerly Margara-Gök) is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. Margara is the closest border crossing to Turkey from Yerevan, though at present ...
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Mayisyan
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Merdzavan
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Metsamor
Metsamor ( hy, Մեծամոր, ), is a town and urban municipal community in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It is famous for being home to Armenia's Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant, the only nuclear plant in the Transcaucasian region. As of the ...
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Mrgastan
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Mrgashat
Mrgashat ( hy, Մրգաշատ), is a major village in the Armavir Province of Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classificat ...
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Musaler
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Myasnikyan
Myasnikyan ( hy, Մյասնիկյան) is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The town is named for Aleksandr Myasnikyan, the Armenian Bolshevik revolutionary and statesman who led Soviet Armenia at the beginning of Lenin's New Economic Pol ...
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Nalbandyan
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Norakert
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Nor Armavir
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Nor Artagers
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Nor Kesaria
Nor Kesaria ( hy, Նոր Կեսարիա) is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classificat ...
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Norapat
Norapat ( hy, Նորապատ) is a former town in the Armavir Province of Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification ...
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Noravan
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Parakar
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Tairov
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Pshatavan
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Ptghunk
Ptghunk ( hy, Պտղունք, also Romanized as Ptghunk’, Ptghounq, and Ptkhunk) is a village in the Armenian province of Armavir. The village is about 10 miles from Yerevan on the road to Komitas, and is close to the Zvartnots airport. The po ...
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Sardarapat
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Shahumyan
Shahumyan Province ( hy, Շահումյան, Shahumyan, also spelled ''Shaumyan'' and ''Shahumian'') is a claimed province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, ''de jure'' part of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The capital of the province was K ...
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Shahumyani trchnafabrika
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Shenavan
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Shenik
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Talvorik
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Tandzut
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Taronik
Taronik ( hy, Տարոնիկ, hy, Չեյվա) is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The Iron Age settlement of Metsamor site is located only 1 km southwest of Taronik.
See also
*Armavir Province
Armavir ( hy, wikt:Արմավի ...
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Tsaghkalanj
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Tsaghkunk
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Tsiatsan
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Vanand
Vanand () is the area of historic Armenia that roughly corresponds to the Kars Province of present-day Turkey. Named after the Armenian family of Vanandi, it was a principality of the Kingdom of Armenia and a later province of the Democratic ...
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Vardanashen
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Voskehat
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Yeghegnut
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Yeraskhahun
Yeraskhahun ( hy, Երասխահուն, until 1950, Kuru-Araz) is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. Half of the population (around 930) of the village are Yazidis.
See also
*Armavir Province
Armavir ( hy, Արմավիր, ), i ...
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Yervandashat
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Zartonk
Gegharkunik Province
Gegharkunik ( hy, Գեղարքունիք, ) is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is Gavar.
Gegharkunik Province is located at the eastern part of Armenia, bordering Azerbaijan. It includes the exclave of Artsvashe ...
Gegharkunik Province is currently divided into 57 municipal communities (''hamaynkner''), of which 5 are urban and 52 are rural.
Rural communities and included settlements:
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Akhpradzor
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Akunk
Akunk ( hy, Ակունք) is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.
History
The village was founded on the site of a Bronze Age settlement and to the west of Akunk, there is a cyclopean masonry, cyclopean fort, ''Klor Dar'', dating ...
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Artsvanist
Artsvanist ( hy, Արծվանիստ) is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, located to the south of Lake Sevan. In the gorge south of the village is the important early 10th century monastery of Vanevan and a large but broken mediev ...
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Astghadzor
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Berdkunk
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Chkalovka
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Ddmashen
Ddmashen ( hy, Դդմաշեն) is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification ...
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Dzoragyugh
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Gandzak
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Geghakar
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Geghamasar Municipality, centre:
Sotk
Sotk ( hy, Սոթք) is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, well known for its gold mines.
Etymology
According to J. Markwart and N. Adonts, the name Sotk may be connected to the name of a tribe called ''Tsavde'' (''atsvots'') me ...
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Areguni
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Arpunk
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Avazan
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Azat
Azat ( hy, ազատ; plural ազատք ''azatkʿ'', collective ազատանի ''azatani'') was a class of Armenian nobility; the term came to designate the middle and lower nobility originally, in contrast to the ''naxarark'' who were the great ...
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Daranak
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Geghamabak
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Geghamasar
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Jaghatsadzor
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Kakhakn
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Kut
Kūt ( ar, ٱلْكُوت, al-Kūt), officially Al-Kut, also spelled Kutulamare or Kut al-Imara, is a city in eastern Iraq, on the left bank of the Tigris River, about south east of Baghdad. the estimated population is about 389,400 people.
It ...
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Kutakan
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Norabak
Norabak ( hy, Նորաբակ) is a village in the Vardenis Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The village was populated by Azerbaijanis before the Azerbaijanis in Armenia#Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict, exodus of Azerbaijanis from Ar ...
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Pambak
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Pokr Masrik
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Shatjrek
Shatjrek ( hy, Շատջրեք) is a village in the Vardenis Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The village was populated by Azerbaijanis before the Azerbaijanis in Armenia#Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict, exodus of Azerbaijanis from A ...
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Shatvan
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Tretuk
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Geghamavan
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Gegharkunik
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Geghhovit
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Lernahovit
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Hayravank
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Karchaghbyur
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Karmirgyugh
Karmirgyugh ( hy, Կարմիրգյուղ, lit=Red Village) is a village in the Gavar Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.
Etymology
The village is also known as ''Gyukh'', and was known as ''Kulali'' and ''Ghulali'' until 194 ...
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Khachaghbyur
Khachaghbyur ( hy, Խաչաղբյուր) is a village in the Vardenis Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The village is located immediately to the south of the Lusakunk village and to the west of Vardenis
Vardenis ( hy, ...
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Lanjaghbyur
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Lchap
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Lchashen
Lchashen ( hy, Լճաշեն) is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.
History
The settlement dates back to the 3rd millennium BC. It has a Bronze Age cemetery, a Urartian Iron Age fortress, and a 13th-century church.
It is an i ...
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Lchavan
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Lichk
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Lusakunk
Lusakunk ( hy, Լուսակունք) is a village in the Vardenis Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Wes ...
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Madina
Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the second-holiest city in Islam, and the capital of the ...
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Makenis
Makenis ( hy, Մաքենիս) is a village in the Vardenis Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western ...
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Mets Masrik
Mets Masrik ( hy, Մեծ Մասրիկ, , historically ''Masrik'') is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The village is located close to Pokr Masrik ().
History
The town has been inhabited since the 7th century and has a khachka ...
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Nerkin Getashen
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Norakert
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Norashen
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Noratus
Noratus ( hy, Նորատուս; also known as ''Noraduz'') is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, near the town of Gavar
Gavar ( hy, Գավառ) is a town and urban municipal community in Armenia serving as the administrative ce ...
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Sarukhan
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Semyonovka
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Shoghakat
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Aghberk
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Artanish
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Drakhtik
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Jil
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Tsapatagh
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Torfavan
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Tsaghkashen
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Tsaghkunk
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Tsakkar
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Tsovagyugh
Tsovagyugh ( hy, Ծովագյուղ) is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.
History
The village contains church ruins, and upon an egg-shaped hill to the northeast are the remains of an Iron Age fort.
Gallery
Tsovagyugh WW2 ...
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Tsovasar
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Tsovazard
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Tsovak
Tsovak ( hy, Ծովակ) is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.
History
The village is the site of a large Iron Age fort atop the hill to the south and west, with an 8th-century BCE cuneiform inscription of Sarduri II
Sardur ...
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Tsovinar
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Vaghashen
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Vanevan
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Vardadzor
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Vardenik
Vardenik ( hy, Վարդենիկ) is a village in the Martuni Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, that sits along the Vardenis River. The cyclopean fort ruins of Kaftarli are located 3 km south of the village, with petroglyph
...
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Varser
Varser ( hy, Վարսեր) is a village in the Sevan Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.
Etymology
The name Varser is derived from a root word meaning "hair". According to popular folklore, this refers to a girl who drowned i ...
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Verin Getashen
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Yeranos
Yeranos ( hy, Երանոս) is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.
History
The church of St. Astvatsatsin in the village dates back to 1215, and the village also contains Tukh Manuk and St. Sofia shrines. Following the Gavar-Mar ...
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Zolakar
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Zovaber
Kotayk Province
Kotayk ( hy, Կոտայք, ), is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. It is located at the central part of the country. Its capital is Hrazdan and the largest city is Abovyan. It is named after the Kotayk canton of the historic Ayrarat province o ...
Kotayk Province is currently divided into 42 municipal communities, of which 7 are urban and 35 are rural:
Lori Province
Lori ( hy, Լոռի, ), is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. It is located in the north of the country, bordering Georgia. Vanadzor is the capital and largest city of the province. Other important towns include Stepanavan, Alaverdi, and Spitak ...
Lori Province
Lori ( hy, Լոռի, ), is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. It is located in the north of the country, bordering Georgia. Vanadzor is the capital and largest city of the province. Other important towns include Stepanavan, Alaverdi, and Spitak ...
is currently divided into 57 municipal communities, of which 7 are urban and 50 are rural:
Shirak Province
Shirak ( hy, wikt:Շիրակ, Շիրակ, ) is a provinces of Armenia, province (''Administrative divisions of Armenia, marz'') of Armenia. It is located in the north-west of the country, bordering Turkey to the west and Georgia (country), Geor ...
Shirak Province is currently divided into 42 municipal communities, of which 3 are urban and 39 are rural:
Syunik Province
Syunik ( hy, Սյունիք, ) is the southernmost province of Armenia. It is bordered by the Vayots Dzor Province to the north, Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic exclave to the west, Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran to the south. I ...
Syunik Province is currently divided into 8 municipal communities, of which 5 are urban, and 3 are rural:
Tavush Province
Tavush ( hy, Տավուշ, ) is a province of Armenia located at the northeast of Armenia, bordered by Georgia from the north and Azerbaijan from the east. Internally, Tavush borders the Gegharkunik Province from the south, Kotayk Province from ...
Tavush Province is currently divided into 24 municipal communities, of which 5 are urban, and 19 are rural:
Vayots Dzor Province
Vayots Dzor ( hy, Վայոց Ձոր, ) is a province (''marz'') of Armenia. It lies at the southeastern end of the country, bordering the Nakhchivan exclave of Azerbaijan to the west and the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan to the east. It cover ...
Vayots Dzor Province is currently divided into 8 municipal communities (''hamaynkner''), of which 3 are urban, and 5 are rural:
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 ...
The capital Yerevan holds the status of a single municipal community divided into 12 administrative districts:
Sources: Armenia 2011 census
Yerevan
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References
External links
* Khachatryan, Anush; Karapetyan, Arsen: "Public Green Space in Armenian Cities: A Legal Analysis" in th
Caucasus Analytical Ddigest No. 23
{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Municipalities Of Armenia
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 ...
Municipalities
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
Armenia, Municipalities
Armenia 2
Second Armenian TV Channel Company ( hy, Հայկական երկրորդ հեռուստաալիք), also known as H2 ( hy, Հ2) or Armenia 2, is a private television company broadcasting in Armenia and Artsakh. Approximately 95% of the TV viewers ...
Armenia 2
Second Armenian TV Channel Company ( hy, Հայկական երկրորդ հեռուստաալիք), also known as H2 ( hy, Հ2) or Armenia 2, is a private television company broadcasting in Armenia and Artsakh. Approximately 95% of the TV viewers ...
Municipalities
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