Ararat (province)
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Capital | Artashat |
| surface | 2096 km² |
| Residents | 246,880 (2011) |
| density | 118 inhabitants per km² |
| ISO 3166-2 | AM-AR |
| Website | ararat.mtad.am (Armenian) |
| politics | |
| governor | Garik Sargsyan |
| Political party | Civil contract |
Coordinates: 39 ° 54 ' N , 44 ° 42' E
Ararat ( [ ɑɾɑˈɾɑt ] , Armenian Արարատի մարզ , Ararati marz , "Ararat Province") is a province in the middle of Armenia with the provincial capital Artaschat . The province has an area of 2096 km² and a population of 246,880 (as of 2011). It is located east of Mount Ararat in Turkey and is named after him.
The name Ararat of the Old Testament referred to the Urartean Empire (from Assyrian Urartu ) and obviously corresponds to the ancient Armenian name Airarat for the Araxes level , which was used until the Middle Ages .
The province is bordered to the west by Turkey and to the south to Azerbaijan part of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic . Kərki , the enclave of Nakhichevan captured by Armenia in 1992, is also in the province .
Other cities besides Artaschat are Ararat and the earlier urban-type settlements Masis and Wedi, which were elevated to cities in the 1990s . In addition to these three urban parishes, there are 93 rural parishes with a total of 95 villages; the largest villages (each with over 4000 inhabitants) are Ajntap , Ararat (not far from the city of the same name, but independent), Awschar , Mchtschjan , Nor Charberd (also an urban-type settlement until the 1990s) and Wosketap (as of 2011).
The province was during the administrative reorganization within the framework of decentralization in 1995 from the 1930/37 since the Armenian SSR of the Soviet Union existing Rajons formed Ararat, Artashat and Massis and the rajonfreien towns Ararat and Artashat.
Administrative division
The Armenian province of Ararat includes 95 parishes, four of which are urban and 91 rural parishes:
| Borough | Area (km 2 ) | Population (2017, estimated) |
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| Ararat | 6th | 20,300 |
| Artashat | 12 | 20,700 |
| Masis | 6th | 20,500 |
| Wedi | 5.5 | 11,600 |
Rural communities and included settlements:
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Individual evidence
- ↑ http://ararat.mtad.am/ (accessed January 5, 2020)
- ^ Heinrich Huebschmann : The old Armenian place names. With contributions to the historical topography of Armenia and a map. Karl J. Trübner, Strasbourg 1904, pp. 201, 278-283
- ^ RA Ararat Marz . In: Marzes of the Republic of Armenia in Figures, 2002-2006 . National Statistics Office of the Republic of Armenia. 2007.
