Aragatsotn Province
Aragatsotn (Armenie: Արագածոտն) is a province (marz) o Armenie. It is in the wast o the kintra, an its caipital is Ashtarak. The name means "a fuit o Aragats" (the heichest muntain o the Republic o Armenie). Durin the Arsacid Dynasty o the Kinrick o Armenie, the region wis pairt o the Ayrarat province. It wis ruled bi the Amatuni noble family wi its caipital at Oshakan.
The region is primarily inhabitit bi Armenians but an aa haulds a significant Yazidi Kurdish minority.
Aragatsotn's wastren edge forms pairt o Armenie's border wi Turkey. It an aa borders the follaein marzer:
Aragatsotn an aa shares a sma border wi Yerevan in its soothwast atween its borders wi Kotayk an Armavir.
Commonties
[eedit | eedit soorce]The province o Aragatsotn consists o the follaein 114 commonties (hamaynkner), o which 3 (bauld in the table) are considered urban an 111 are considered rural.[1] The diveesion belaw is bi raion, the admeenistrative subdiveesions o Armenie afore 1995.
Gallery
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Aragatsotn
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Cathedral o Talin, 7t century
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Saghmosavank Monastery, 13t century
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Monument tae the Battle o Bash Abaran
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Armenian alphabet pairk near Aparan
See an aa
[eedit | eedit soorce]Notes
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "RA Aragatsotn Marz" (PDF). Marzes of the Republic of Armenia in Figures, 2002-2006. National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia. 2007.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie