Kentron (destrict)

**Kentron** (, meanin "centre" ) is a destrict o Yerevan, the caipital o Armenie. It comprises the dountoun, the commercial centre o the ceety. As o the 2011 estimate, the destrict haes a population o 131,000. It is bordered bi Ajapnyak an Malatia-Sebastia destricts frae the wast, Shengavit an Erebuni destricts frae the sooth, Nor Nork destrict frae the east an Arabkir an Kanaker-Zeytun destricts frae the north. Hrazdan River flows throu the wastren pairt o the destrict.

The destrict is commonly dividit intae sax smawer neebourheids: Pokr Kentron, Noragyugh, Nor Kilikia, Aygestan, Kond an Dzoragyugh. Kond is ane o the auldest quairters o Yerevan.

Kentron is hame tae maist o the govrenmental biggins: the Presidential Palace, the Naitional Assembly o Armenie, the Central Bank o Armenie, the Naitional Security Service an maist o the meenistries.

## Streets, squares an pairks
*Main streets:
**Abovyan Street
**Northern Avenue
**Mashtots Avenue 
**Sayat-Nova Avenue
**Mikael Nalbandian street
**Marshal Baghramyan Avenue
**Saralanj Avenue
**Aghasi Khanjian street
**Yeghishe Charents street
**Tigran Mets Avneue
**Hovhannes Tumanyan street
**Moskovian street
**Grigor Lusavorich street
**Italia street
**Argishti street
**Vazgen Sargsyan street
**Vardanants street
**Pertch Proshian street
**Amiryan street

*Squares:
**Republic Square
**Freedom Square
**Charles Aznavour square
**Andrei Sakharov square
**Square of Roushie
**Place de France
**Stepan Shahumyan square

*Pairks:
**Inglis pairk
**Childer's pairk
**Abovyan Children's pairk an railwey
**Tsitsernakaberd pairk
**Youth Circular pairk
**Lovers' pairk
**Poplavok
**Moscovian Garden
**Martiros Saryan Garden
**Komitas Garden
**Yerevan 2750t Anniversary pairk

## Religious biggins an historical steids

*Religious buildings:
**Surb Zoravor Kirk
**Saint Sarkis Cathedral
**Katoghike Kirk
**Saint John the Baptist Church
**Saint Gregory Cathedral
**Blue Mosque
**Armenian Evangelical Kirk o Armenie
*Historical steids:
**Kond neebourheid
**Yerevan Reid Bridge o the 17t century

## Education an cultur
Kentron destrict is the educational an cultural centre o Yerevan.

*The destrict is hame tae mony varsities an academies:
**Yerevan state university o airchitectur an construction
**Yerevan State University
**Yerevan State Musical Conservatory
**Armenian State Pedagogical University
**Yerevan State Medical University
**State Engineering University of Armenia
**Yerevan State Linguistic University
**American University of Armenia
**Armenian State University of Economics
**Armenian National Academy of Sciences

*Kentron is hame tae a nummer o important cultural institutions:
**National Library of Armenia
**National Gallery of Armenia
**Yerevan Opera Theater
**Sundukyan State Academic Theatre
**Paronyan Musical Comedy Theatre
**Stanislavski Russian Theatre
**Komitas Chamber Music Hall
**Arno Babajanian concert hall
**Museum-Institute of Auncient Manuscripts
**History Museum of Armenia
**Cafesjian Museum of Art
**Yerevan History Museum
**The Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute
**Sergei Parajanov Museum
**House-Museum of Aram Khachaturian
**Khnko Aper Children's Library
**Center of Contemporary Experimental Art

## Industrie

*Industrial plants:
**Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory
**Yerevan Brandy Company
**Jermuk Group Mineral Water Factory
**Electro House ingineerin factory

## Sports

*Hrazdan Stadium
*Republican Stadium
*Karen Demirchyan Complex
*Orange Tennis Courts
*Dinamo Sports Hall
*FC Pyunik trainin grund
*Yerevan Chess House

## Entertainment an recreation
*Yerevan Circus
*Yerevan Cascade
*Tashir Mall 
*Moscow Cinema
*Yerevan Vernissage o airt exhibition

## Transportation

*The destrict is servit bi a public transport netwirk o buses an trolleybuses.
*The Yerevan underground metro haes 4 stations in the Kentron destrict: 
**Marshal Baghramyan station
**Yeritasardakan station
**Republic Square station
**General Andranik station

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