Ararat Province

Ararat Արարատ
Location
Information
Capital	Artashat
Governor	Vardges Hovakimyan
Area Total  - Water (%)	Ranked 9th 2,096 km² Negligible
Population  - Total (2002)  - Density	Ranked 5th 252,665 126.1/km²
Abbreviations  - Postal code  - ISO 3166-2  - FIPS 10-4	0601-0823 AM.AR AM02
Website	ararat.region.am

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Ararat (Armenian: Արարատ) is a province (marz) of Armenia with capital in Artashat. Named after Mount Ararat, the province borders Turkey to the west and Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic to the south. It surrounds the Karki exclave of Nakhichevan which has been controlled by Armenia since its capture in May 1992 during the Nagorno-Karabakh War.

Two former Armenian capitals are located in this region (Artashat (Artaxata) and Dvin) as well as the Khor Virap monastery, significant as the place of Gregory the Illuminator's 13-year imprisonment and the closest point to Mount Ararat within Armenian borders.

Ararat borders the following marzer:

• Armavir - northwest
• Kotayk - north
• Gegharkunik - east
• Vayots Dzor - southeast

Ararat also borders Yerevan in the north, between its borders with Armavir and Kotayk.

In 1993 and again in 1995, CYMA (Canadian Youth Mission to Armenia) operated from Ararat province, building community centers, renovating schools, managing a children's day camp and distributing aid to families affected by the Nagorno-Karabakh War. CYMA co-founders Archbishop Hovnan Derderian and Ronald Alepian chose Ararat due to its well-organized youth movement.

Communities

The province of Ararat consists of the following 97 communities (hamaynkner), of which 4 (bold in the table) are considered urban and 93 are considered rural.^[1] The division below is by raion, the administrative subdivisions of Armenia before 1995.

References

• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census

1. ^ "RA Ararat Marz". Marzes of the Republic of Armenia in Figures, 2002-2006. National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia. 2007. http://www.armstat.am/file/article/marz_07_e_25.pdf. 

See also

• Urartu
• Ayrarat

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Coordinates: 39°55′N 44°43′E / 39.917°N 44.717°E / 39.917; 44.717

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