Abovyan ( hy, Աբովյան) is a village in the
Artashat Municipality of the
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 ...
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 world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ' ...
. It is named in honour of the writer
Khachatur Abovyan.
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World Gazetteer: Armenia– World-Gazetteer.com
Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census
Populated places in Ararat Province
1830 establishments in the Russian Empire
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