page_title: Gyumri
section_title: Twin towns – sister cities
hierarchical_section_title: Gyumri / Twin towns – sister cities
caption_attribution_description: English: The city of Gyumri and important military and civil structures in its vicinity (e.g. the Russian base) and the Turkish-Armenian border. This map was created from OpenStreetMap project data, collected by the community. This map may be incomplete, and may contain errors. Don't rely solely on it for navigation.
context_page_description: Gyumri is an urban municipal community and the second largest city in Armenia, serving as the administrative centre of Shirak Province in the northwestern part of the country. By the end of the 19th century, when the city was known as Alexandropol, it was one of the largest cities of Russian-ruled Eastern Armenia with a population similar to that of Yerevan. It was renamed to Leninakan during the Soviet period. The city's population grew above 200,000 prior to the 1988 Spitak earthquake, when it was devastated. As of the 2011 census, the city had a population of 121,976, down from 150,917 reported at the 2001 census.
  Gyumri is the seat of the Diocese of Shirak of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
context_section_description: Gyumri is twinned with:
   Alexandria, United States (1990)
   Ashfield, England, United Kingdom (1998)
   Białystok, Poland (2013)
   Créteil, France (2009)
   Domodedovo, Russia (2014)
   Glendale, United States (2015)
   Halle, Germany (2020)
   Mozdok, Russia (2011)
   Nardò, Italy (2013)
   Osasco, Brazil (2006)
   Petah Tikva, Israel (2019)
   Pitești, Romania (2012)
   Plovdiv, Bulgaria (2004)
   Xi'an, China (2013)
caption: Map of Gyumri
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