Armenia is subdivided into eleven administrative
divisions. Of these, ten are provinces called marzes, known as marzer (մարզէր) or in the singular form marz
(մարզ) in Armenian, which is, in turn, derived from the Persian word marz, meaning "border". Yerevan is treated
separately and granted special administrative status as the country's capital. The chief executive in each of 10 marzes is the
marzpet (marz governor), appointed by the government of Armenia. In Yerevan, the chief executive is the mayor,
appointed by the president.
Administrative divisions ranked
The following is a list of the provinces by rank in population, area, and density. Figures are from the National Statistical
Service of the Republic of Armenia. Note that the area of the Gegharkunik province includes Lake
Sevan which covers square kilometers ( sq mi) of its territory.
By population
| Rank |
Province |
Population |
% |
Density |
| 1 |
Yerevan |
1,091,235 |
36.3% |
/km² (/sq mi) |
| 2 |
Shirak |
257,242 |
8.6% |
/km² (/sq mi) |
| 3 |
Armavir |
255,861 |
8.5% |
/km² (/sq mi) |
| 4 |
Lori |
253,351 |
8.4% |
/km² (/sq mi) |
| 5 |
Ararat |
252,665 |
8.4% |
/km² (/sq mi) |
| 6 |
Kotayk |
241,337 |
8.0% |
/km² (/sq mi) |
| 7 |
Gegharkunik |
215,371 |
7.2% |
/km² (/sq mi) |
| 8 |
Syunik |
134,061 |
4.5% |
/km² (/sq mi) |
| 9 |
Aragatsotn |
126,278 |
4.2% |
/km² (/sq mi) |
| 10 |
Tavush |
121,963 |
4.1% |
/km² (/sq mi) |
| 11 |
Vayots Dzor |
53,230 |
1.8% |
/km² (/sq mi) |
|
Total |
3,002,594 |
100% |
/km² (/sq mi) |
By area
| Rank |
Province |
Area |
% |
Density |
| 1 |
Gegharkunik |
km² ( sq mi) |
12.8% |
/km² (/sq mi) |
| 2 |
Syunik |
km² ( sq mi) |
15.8% |
/km² (/sq mi) |
| 3 |
Lori |
km² ( sq mi) |
13.3% |
/km² (/sq mi) |
| 5 |
Aragatsotn |
km² ( sq mi) |
9.7% |
/km² (/sq mi) |
| 4 |
Tavush |
km² ( sq mi) |
11.0% |
/km² (/sq mi) |
| 6 |
Shirak |
km² ( sq mi) |
9.4% |
/km² (/sq mi) |
| 7 |
Vayots Dzor |
km² ( sq mi) |
8.5% |
/km² (/sq mi) |
| 8 |
Kotayk |
km² ( sq mi) |
7.4% |
/km² (/sq mi) |
| 9 |
Ararat |
km² ( sq mi) |
7.0% |
/km² (/sq mi) |
| 10 |
Armavir |
km² ( sq mi) |
4.4% |
/km² (/sq mi) |
| 11 |
Yerevan |
km² ( sq mi) |
0.7% |
/km² (/sq mi) |
|
Total |
km² ( sq mi) |
100% |
/km² (/sq mi) |
By density
| Rank |
Province |
Population |
Area |
Density |
| 1 |
Yerevan |
1,091,235 |
km² ( sq mi) |
/km² (/sq mi) |
| 2 |
Armavir |
255,861 |
km² ( sq mi) |
/km² (/sq mi) |
| 3 |
Ararat |
252,665 |
km² ( sq mi) |
/km² (/sq mi) |
| 4 |
Kotayk |
241,337 |
km² ( sq mi) |
/km² (/sq mi) |
| 5 |
Shirak |
257,242 |
km² ( sq mi) |
/km² (/sq mi) |
| 6 |
Lori |
253,351 |
km² ( sq mi) |
/km² (/sq mi) |
| 7 |
Gegharkunik |
215,371 |
km² ( sq mi) |
/km² (/sq mi) |
| 8 |
Aragatsotn |
126,278 |
km² ( sq mi) |
/km² (/sq mi) |
| 9 |
Tavush |
121,963 |
km² ( sq mi) |
/km² (/sq mi) |
| 10 |
Syunik |
134,061 |
km² ( sq mi) |
/km² (/sq mi) |
| 11 |
Vayots Dzor |
53,230 |
km² ( sq mi) |
/km² (/sq mi) |
|
Total |
3,002,594 |
km² ( sq mi) |
/km² (/sq mi) |
External links
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
