Artashat
| Artashat Արտաշատ |
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  Artashat
Արտաշատ |
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| Coordinates: 39°57′14″N 44°33′02″E / 39.95389°N 44.55056°E | |
| Kintra |  Armenie |
| Marz | Ararat |
| Foondit | 176 B.C.[1] |
| Govrenment | |
| - Mayor | Gagik Muradyan |
| Aurie | |
| - Tot | 10 km2 (3.9 sq mi) |
| Hicht | 2,000 m (6,562 ft) |
| Indwallers | |
| - Tot | 25,300 |
| - Densitie | 2,530/km2 (6,552.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | GMT+4 (UTC+4) |
| - Simmer (DST) | GMT+5 (UTC+5) |
| Wabsteid | Artashat official website |
| Sources: Population [2] | |
Artashat (Armenie: Արտաշատ; Hellenisit as Artaxata: Greek: Ἀρτάξατα), is a ceety on Araks River in the Ararat valley, 30 km sootheast o Yerevan. Being ane o the auldest ceeties o Armenie, Artashat is the caipital o Ararat Province. Modren Artashat is situatit on the Yerevan-Nakhichevan-Baku an Nakhichevan-Tabriz railwa an on Yerevan-Goris-Stepanakert heich-gate. The name o the ceety is derived frae Iranian leids an means the "joy o Arta".[1][3] Foondit bi Keeng Artashes I in 176 B.C., Artashat servit as the caipital o the Kinrick o Armenie frae 185 BC till 120 AD, an wis kent as the "Vostan Hayots" or "court" or "seal o the Armenies."[1]
Present-day Artashat is a mid-sizit ceety an haes a population o 25,300 fowk. It is locatit 5 km northwast frae historical Artashat.
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Sister ceeties [edit]
Gallery [edit]
- Artashat
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Dountoun Artashat
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Apricot gardens in Artashat
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Artashat ancient bath.jpg
Auncient bath in Artashat
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References [edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hewsen, Robert H. Artaxata. Iranica. Accessed February 25, 2008.
- ↑ Armstats:Population
- ↑ (Armenie) Tiratsyan, Gevorg. «Արտաշատ» (Artashat). Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia. vol. ii. Yerevan: Armenian Academy of Sciences, 1976, pp. 135-136.
- ↑ Artashat urban community
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