Vajoz Dzor
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| Country | Armenia | |
| Capital | Yeghegnadzor | |
| surface | 2308 km² | |
| Residents | 47,659 (2011) | |
| density | 21 inhabitants per km² | |
| ISO 3166-2 | AM-VD | |
| Website | vdzor.mtad.am (Armenian) | |
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| governor | Ararat Grigoryan | |
Coordinates: 39 ° 46 ' N , 45 ° 30' E
Vajoz Dzor , in English transcription Vayots Dzor ( [ vɑjˌɔt͡sʰ ˈd͡zɔɾ ] , Armenian Վայոց ձոր , scientific transliteration Vayoc 'Jor ) is a province in southern Armenia .
It lies between the internationally unrecognized Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh or the occupied and claimed territory in the northeast ( de jure part of Azerbaijan ) and the Azerbaijani exclave Nakhichevan in the southwest and south. In the southeast it borders on the Armenian province of Sjunik , in the west on a short section on the province of Ararat and in the north on Gegharkunik .
Vajoz Dzor has an area of 2308 km² and 47,659 inhabitants (2011). It is the most sparsely populated province in the country. Administrative center is the town of Yeghegnadzor with 8357 inhabitants. Other cities are Jermuk (4346 inhabitants) and Wajk (5067 inhabitants). As former urban-type settlements, Jehgegnadsor and Wajk only received city rights in the 1990s. In addition to the three urban parishes, there are 41 rural parishes with a total of 52 villages; the largest villages (each with over 1500 inhabitants) are Aghawnadsor , Areni , Getap , Gladsor and Malischka (as of 2011).
The Arates Monastery is in the province .
The province was during the administrative reorganization within the framework of decentralization in 1995 from the since 1930 or 1931 in the Armenian SSR of the Soviet Union existing Rajons Yeghegnadzor and Wajk (until 1990 Asisbekow formed) and the rajonfreien city Jermuk.
Web links
- Brady Kiesling: Rediscovering Armenia Guidebook - Vayots Dzor Marz. Armeniapedia, 2005
- RA Vayots Dzor Marz. (PDF; 380 kB) armstat.am
- Rick Ney: Vayot's Dzor. (PDF; 1.7 MB) TourArmenia, 2009
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://vdzor.mtad.am/ (accessed January 5, 2020)
