Bridge over Arax at Margara in 1925.
Margara ( hy, Մարգարա, also
Romanize
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d as Markara; formerly Margara-Gök) 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>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ' ...
. Margara is the closest
border
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crossing to Turkey from Yerevan, though at present the border is closed. The town is located on the other side of
Alican. Margara has a road bridge across the
Arax River
, az, Araz, fa, ارس, tr, Aras
The Aras (also known as the Araks, Arax, Araxes, or Araz) is a river in the Caucasus. It rises in eastern Turkey and flows along the borders between Turkey and Armenia, between Turkey and the Nakhchivan excl ...
to
Turkey
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. The
Border Guard Service of Russia
The Border Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (PS FSB Rossii) (russian: Пограничная служба Федеральной службы безопасности Российской Федерации ( ...
patrols the closed border between Armenia and Turkey.
History
In 2023, the
border crossing
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briefly reopened to allow the passage of
humanitarian aid following the
Turkey–Syria earthquake for the first time since 1988.
See also
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Armavir Province
References
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World Gazeteer: Armenia– World-Gazetteer.com
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External links
by
ArmeniaLiberty (
RFE/RL
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)
Populated places in Armavir Province
Yazidi populated places in Armenia
Armenia–Turkey border crossings
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