Artik
| Artik Արթիկ |
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  Artik
Արթիկ |
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| Coordinates: 40°37′02″N 43°58′33″E / 40.61722°N 43.97583°E | |
| Kintra |  Armenie |
| Marz | Shirak |
| Established | 1945 |
| Govrenment | |
| - Mayor | Khachatur Varagyan |
| Aurie | |
| - Tot | 31.5 km2 (12.2 sq mi) |
| Hicht | 1,400 m (4,593 ft) |
| Indwallers (2008) | |
| - Tot | 14,949 |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC+4) |
| - Simmer (DST) | GMT+5 (UTC+5) |
| Wabsteid | www.artik.am |
Artik (Armenian: Արթիկ, an aa Romanized as Art’ik) is a ceety locatit in the Shirak (marz) province o Armenie. It haes a population o 14,949 fowk, doun frae the 25,100 reportit in the 1989 census.
Artik haes mony monuments an kirks. At the square there is a Warld War II monument. A short distance frae the square are the twa kirks o Saunt Marine built in the 5t century an Surb Gevorg built in the 7t century. Surp Gevorg is the lairger o the twa an haed previously been turned intae a storehoose unner the Soviets. The first attempt tae restore the kirk wis made in early 1990s. Baith kirk are in partial ruins, wi restoration interruptit bi the collapse o the USSR. On Januar 6, 2006 a fund-raisin campaign wis annoonced in the ceety o Artik tae reconstruct S. Gevorg. Near the ceety is an aa an 18t century kirk in a cave, an a well preserved kirk o Lmbatavank (Surb Stepanos) built in the 7t century staundin on a hillside. The kirk wis reconstructit atween 1955-1956. Durin 1960 excavations, a Bronze-Age cemetery wis discovered unner the stanes.
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Sports [edit]
- Tufagorts Artik - fitbaa club
Gallery [edit]
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Surb Gevorg Kirk o the 7t c.
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S. Gevorg
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Lmbatavank (Surb Stepanos) Kirk o the 7t c.
References [edit]
- Artik at GEOnet Names Server
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie
- World Gazeteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com
