Armavir Province

Armavir () 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.Balakian, Peter. The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response. New York: HarperCollins, 2003, p. 321 ISBN 0-06-055870-9

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.http://www.armavir.am/armavir.html  armavir.am

The province consists o the follaein 97 commonties (hamaynkner), o which 3 (bauld in the table) are considered urban an 94 are considered landwart. 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
ZhdanovAghavnatun
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

 References 


 Freemit airtins 
 Armavir Marz Tourist Guide


Category:Provinces o Armenie