Narek ( hy, Նարեկ) 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 ' ...
. In 1984, the town was named after
Grigor Narekatsi. Narek was also a village in Western Armenia (Eastern Anatolia).
References
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*Kiesling, ''Rediscovering Armenia'', p. 27, available online at th
US embassy to Armenia's websiteWorld Gazetteer: Armenia
– World-Gazetteer.com
Populated places in Ararat Province
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