Jrarat, Armavir

Jrarat (Armenie: Ջրառատ, Romanisit as Jrarrat an Dzhrarat an aw; umwhile, Gharkhun, Verin Karkhun, an Verkhniy Karkhun) is a toun in the Armavir Province o Armenie. The toun haes a muckle poultry industrie an nearbi is land reservit for the cochineal dye beetles, Porphyrophora hamelii. In addeetion tae the 2,833 fowk in the toun, the Jrarrat Poultry Ferm haes an addeetional 1,165 residents (2001 census) in its wirkers' hoosin, bringin the population o the aurie tae 4,000. References Jrarat, Armavir at GEOnet Names Server World Gazeteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 40; oreeginal airchived at Archive.org, an current version online on Armeniapedia.org.