Armavir Province

For ither uises, see Armavir (disambiguation).

Armavir (Armenie: Արմավիր) is a province (marz) o Armenie wi the caipital in Armavir. It is in the wast o the kintra, locatit in the Ararat valley, atween Munt Ararat an Munt Aragats, an shares a 45-mile mairch wi Turkey tae the sooth an wast. The province is the location o the Holy Ceety o Echmiadzin which serves as the centre o the Armenie Apostolic Kirk an the seat o the Catholicos o Armenie an o Aw Armenies. An aw locatit in this region is the historic ceety o Sardarapat, steid o the 1918 Battle o Sardarapat, a decisive event seen as no anerlie stoppin the Turkis advance intae the rest o Armenie but an aw preventin the complete destruction o the Armenie naition.^[1]

Armavir Արմավիր
Province
Armavir Province
Location o Armavir athin Armenie
Coordinates: 40°09′N 44°03′E
Kintra	Armenie
Caipital	Armavir
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Ashot Ghahramanyan
Area
• Total	1242 km2 (480 sq mi)
Area rank	10t
Population  (2009)
• Total	282,600
• Rank	3rd
• Density	230/km2 (590/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+04
• Summer (DST)	UTC+05
Postal code	0901-1149
ISO 3166 code	AM.AV
FIPS 10-4	AM03
Website	offeecial wabsteid

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Geografie

Armavir haes an aurie o 1242 sq. km (4.2% o tot aurie o Armenie) makkin it the smawest province o the kintra in terms o tot aurie. It is bordered bi Turkey frae the wast an the sooth wi a lenth o 130.5 km bordrerline, whaur Arax River separates Armenie frae Turkey.

The province is mainly consistit o agricultural lands. Metsamor (or Sevjur) is the anerlie river which stairts frae the province o Armavir.

Admeenistrative borders

Armavir borders the follaein marzer:

• Aragatsotn - north
• Ararat - sootheast

Tae the northeast, atween its bundaries wi Aragatsotn an Ararat, Armavir borders Yerevan an aw.

Commonties

Armavir Province wis formit efter the new law o 4 September 1995, regardin the Admeenistrative-territorial diveesion o the Republic o Armenie.

As o the beginnin o 2009, the population o the urban commonties wis 101,700; formin 35.8% o he province's tot population, while the rural commonties haed a population o 182,800; formin 64.2% o the province's population.^[2]

The province consists o the follaein 97 commonties (hamaynkner), o which 3 (bauld in the table) are considered urban an 94 are considered landwart.^[3] The diveesion belaw is bi taratsashrjan, the admeenistrative subdiveesions o Armenie afore 4 December 1995.

Armavir

Vagharshapat (Echmiadzin)

Aknalich Amasia Araks Arazap Arevadasht Arevik Argavand Argina Armavir Armavir (veelage) Artamet Artashar Aygeshat Bagaran Baghramyan Bambakashat Berkashat Dalarik Dzerzhinski Getashen Hatsik Haykavan Hoktember Hushakert Janfida Jrashen Karakert Khanjyan Koghbavan Lenughi Lernagog Lukashin Metsamor Mrgashat Myasnikyan Nalbandyan Nor Armavir Nor Artages Nor Kesaria Norapat Noravan Pshatavan Shenavan Shenik Sovetakan Talvorik Tandzut Vanand Yeghegnut Yervandashat Zartonk Zhdanov

Aghavnatun Aknashen Amberd Apaga Aragats Araks Aratashen Arevashat Arshaluys Artimet Aygek Aygeshat Baghramyan Dasht Doghs Vagharshapat Ferik Guy Griboyedov Haykashen Haytagh Hovtamej Jrarat Jrarati trchnafabrika Khoronk Lernamerdz Lusagyugh Margara Merdzavan Metsamor Mrgastan Musaler Norakert Parakar Ptghunk Samaghar Shahumyan Shahumyani trchnafabrika Taronik Tsaghkalanj Tsaghkunk Tsiatsan Vardanashen Voskehat Yeraskhahun

Famous natives

Armenie-American composer Edward Manukyan an the late Armenian pop sangster Aram Asatryan wur baith born in this region.

Gallery

• Armavir
• 
  Etchmiadzin Cathedral, 303 AD, UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid
• 
  Saint Gayane Church, 630 AD, UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid
• 
  Zvartnots Cathedral, 7t century, UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid
• 
  Sardarapat Battle memorial
• 
  Metsamor Nuclear Pouer Plant