Ararat () is a village in the

Ararat Municipality Ararat (, ) 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 Autonomous Republi ...

of the

Ararat Province Ararat (, ) is a administrative divisions of Armenia, province (''marz (territorial entity), marz'') of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is the town of Artashat, Armenia, Artashat. The province is named after the biblical Mount Ararat. It i ...

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

, located 14 km south of the provincial centre Artashat. In the 2011 census, the village had a population of 7,609. It hosted to the first

CYMA – Canadian Youth Mission to Armenia Cyma may refer to either: * An S-shaped decorative molding, used in the cymatium Cymatium (from Greek κυμάτιον "small wave"), the uppermost molding at the top of the cornice in the classical order, is made of the s-shaped cyma molding (e ...

led by Ronald Alepian in 1993. The village is home to the

Vazgen Sargsyan House-Museum Vazgen Sargsyan House-Museum () is a house-museum located in the Ararat village of Ararat Province, Armenia. It was opened in 2001. The museum is dedicated to the former Prime Minister of Armenia Vazgen Sargsyan Vazgen Zaveni Sargsyan (, ; ...

Famous natives

Vazgen Sargsyan Vazgen Zaveni Sargsyan (, ; 5 March 1959 – 27 October 1999) was an Armenians, Armenian military commander and politician. He was the first Defence Minister of Armenia from 1991 to 1992 and then from 1995 to 1999. He served as Armenia's ...

, assassinated Prime Minister of Armenia. *

Aram Sargsyan Aram Zaveni Sargsyan (; born 2 January 1961) is an Armenian political figure. He is the younger brother of Vazgen Sargsyan. After his brother Vazgen was assassinated, he became Prime Minister of Armenia from 3 November 1999 to 2 May 2000. In 200 ...

, former Prime Minister of Armenia.

References

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Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census
Populated places in Ararat Province Erivan Governorate Yazidi populated places in Armenia {{AraratAM-geo-stub