Armavir Province

Armavir Արմավիր
Location
Information
Capital	Armavir
Governor	Ashot Ghahramanyan
Area Total  - Water (%)	Ranked 10th 1,242 km² Negligible
Population  - Total (2002)  - Density	Ranked 3rd 255,861 206.2/km²
Abbreviations  - Postal code  - ISO 3166-2  - FIPS 10-4	0901-1149 AM.AV AM03
Website	www.armavirregion.am

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Armavir (Armenian: Արմավիր) is a province (marz) of Armenia with the capital in Armavir. It is in the west of the country, located in the Ararat valley, between Mount Ararat and Mount Aragats, and shares a 45-mile border with Turkey to the south and west. The province is the location of the Holy City of Echmiadzin which serves as the center of the Armenian Apostolic Church and the seat of the Catholicos of Armenia and of All Armenians. Also located in this region is the historic city of Sardarapat, site of the 1918 Battle of Sardarapat, a decisive event seen as not only stopping the Turkish advance into the rest of Armenia but also preventing the complete destruction of the Armenian nation.^[1]

Armenian-American composer Edward Manukyan and the late Armenian pop singer Aram Asatryan were both born in this region.

Armavir borders the following marzer:

• Aragatsotn - north
• Ararat - southeast

To the northeast, between its boundaries with Aragatsotn and Ararat, Armavir also borders Yerevan.

Communities

The province of Armavir consists of the following 97 communities (hamaynkner), of which 3 (bold in the table) are considered urban and 94 are considered rural.^[2] The division below is by raion, the administrative subdivisions of Armenia before 1995.

References

• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census

1. ^ Balakian, Peter. The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response. New York: HarperCollins, 2003, p. 321 ISBN 0-06-055870-9
2. ^ "RA Armavir 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_26.pdf. 

External links

• Armavir Marz Tourist Guide

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Coordinates: 40°09′N 44°03′E / 40.15°N 44.05°E / 40.15; 44.05