Artashat
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Artashat (Armenie: Արտաշատ; Hellenisit as Artaxata: Greek: Ἀρτάξατα), is a ceety on Araks River in the Ararat valley, 30 km sootheast o Yerevan. Being ane o the auldest ceeties o Armenie, Artashat is the caipital o Ararat Province. Modren Artashat is situatit on the Yerevan-Nakhichevan-Baku an Nakhichevan-Tabriz railwa an on Yerevan-Goris-Stepanakert heich-gate. The name o the ceety is derived frae Iranian leids an means the "joy o Arta".[1][3] Foondit bi King Artashes I in 176 B.C., Artashat servit as the caipital o the Kinrick o Armenie frae 185 BC till 120 AD, an wis kent as the Vostan Hayots, the "court" or "seat o the Armenies."[1]
Present-day Artashat is a mid-sizit ceety an haes a population o 25,300 fowk. It is locatit 5 km northwast frae historical Artashat.
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Sister ceeties
Gallery
- Artashat
Dountoun Artashat
Apricot gardens in Artashat- Auncient bath in Artashat
See an aw
- Artashat at GEOnet Names Server
- Report o the results o the 2001 Armenie Census
- Verin Artashat
References
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