Gegharkunik
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| Country | Armenia | |
| Capital | Gawar | |
| surface | 3655 km² | |
| Residents | 211,828 (2002) | |
| density | 58 inhabitants per km² | |
| ISO 3166-2 | AM-GR | |
| Website | Gegharkunik.mtad.am (Armenian) | |
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| governor | Gnel Sanosjan | |
| Political party | Civil contract | |
Coordinates: 40 ° 23 ' N , 45 ° 4' E
Gegharkunik ( [ ɡɛʁɑɾkʰuˈnikʰ ] , Armenian Գեղարքունիք , in scientific transliteration Gełark'yownik ' ) is one of the provinces of Armenia .
Gegharkunik is located in the east of the country on the border with Azerbaijan . Lake Sevan occupies around a quarter of the area of the province (940 km² of 3655 km²). The province has 211,828 inhabitants (as of 2011). The capital is Gawar .
Other cities besides Gawar are Sevan and the earlier urban-type settlements of Martuni , Tschambarak (previously Krasnoselsk ) and Wardenis , which were elevated to cities in the 1990s . In addition to these five urban parishes, there are 87 rural parishes with a total of 93 villages; the largest villages (each with over 5000 inhabitants) are Geghhowit , Nerkin Getaschen , Noratus , Saruchan , Solakar and Wardenik (as of 2011). Until the 1990s, Gagarin, another urban-type settlement, existed, but was then downgraded to a village in the municipality of Sevan.
The northeastern exclave Arzwaschen has been occupied by Azerbaijan since 1992 in the course of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict .
The Wanewan monastery ruins are in the province .
history
The area probably belonged to the Ueliḫi kingdom in Urartian times , which, according to the Nor Bayazet inscription , was subjugated by Rusa I.
During Armenia's membership of the Russian Empire and the early years of the Soviet Union , it largely corresponded to the Ujesd Novo-Bajaset (Armenian Նոր Բայազետ , Nor Bajaset , name of the city of Gawar until 1959) of the Yerevan governorate .
Today's province was during the administrative reorganization within the framework of decentralization in Armenia in 1995 from in there since 1930/37 Armenian SSR existing Soviet Rajons formed Kamo, Krasnoselsk, Martuni, Sevan and Vardenis and the rajonfreien towns Sevan and Gavar.
Web links
- Tourist information (English)
- School for mentally and physically disabled children in the region (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://gegharkunik.mtad.am/ (accessed January 5, 2020)
