Gegharkunik Province
| Gegharkunik Գեղարքունիք |
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| Coordinates: 40°25′N 45°12′E / 40.417°N 45.2°E | |
| Kintra | Armenie |
| Caipital | Gavar |
| Govrenment | |
| - Govrenor | Nver Poghosian |
| Aurie | |
| - Tot | 5,348 km2 (2,064.9 sq mi) |
| Aurie rank | 1st |
| Indwallers (2002) | |
| - Tot | 215,371 |
| - Rank | 7t |
| - Densitie | 40.3/km2 (Expression error: Unexpected < operator./sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+04 |
| - Simmer (DST) | UTC+05 (UTC) |
| Postal code | 1201–1626 |
| ISO 3166 code | AM.GR |
| FIPS 10-4 | AM04 |
| Wabsteid | gegharkunik.gov.am |
Gegharkunik (Armenie: Գեղարքունիք) is a province (marz) o Armenie. Gegharkunik wis namit efter Gegham. Gegham wis a Haykazuni Keeng an fift generation efter Hayk. Gegham wis the faither o Sisak o Syunid nobles an Arma the grandfaither o Ara the Bonnie. Geghama muntains an Geghama lake, presently Lake Sevan, wur namit efter Gegham.
Gegharkunik Province is in the east o Armenie, borderin Azerbaijan. At 5,348 km², Gegharkunik is the lairgest province in Armenie bi aurie. Housomeivver, approximately 1,278 km² o its territory is covered bi Lake Sevan, the lairgest lake in the Caucasus an a major tourist attraction o the region. It haes a exclave inside Azerbaijan, Artsvashen, which came unner Azerbaijani control durin the Nagorno-Karabakh War. Its caipital is Gavar.
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[edit] Specially protectit auries
[edit] Sevan National Park
Sevan National Park wis established in 1978 tae protect Lake Sevan. It occupees the territories o the Lake Sevan comprisin the bed o intermontane concavity o Sevan an those freed frae its bed. The aurie comprises 1501 square kilometers, o which 24.9 thoosan hectares are lakeside land. It is surroondit wi the slopes o muntain chains o Areguni, Geghama, Vardenis, Pambak an Sevan. Some 1600 plant an 330 animal species are foond here. The pairk is dividit intae 3 zones: a reserve, a recreation zone, an a zone for economic uise.
[edit] Akhnabad Yew Grove State Reservation
Akhnabad Yew Grove State Reservation wis established in 1958. It is locatit on Mt. Tsaghkot o the Miapor muntain range near Aghavnavank. The main species o the reservation is yew (taxus baccata L.). On the territory o the reservation yew grows in the mixed forest (beech, oak, maple etc.). Trees 300–400 years auld, 25 m heich an wi 70–90 cm trunk diameter can be foond there.
[edit] Getik State Reservation
Getik State Reservation wis established in 1971. Main protectit objects are forest fauna.
[edit] Juniper Forest State Reservation
Juniper Forest State Reservation wis established in 1958. Main protected object is relict juniper, as well as ither numerous species.
[edit] Communities
The province o Gegharkunik consists o the follaein 92 communities (hamaynkner), o which 5 (bauld in the table) are considered urban an 87 are considered rural.[1] The diveesion belaw is bi raion, the admeenistrative subdiveesions o Armenie afore 1995. There are an aw settlements such as Chichakli.
| Gavar | Sevan | Chambarak | Martuni | Vardenis |
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[edit] Gallery
- Gegharkunik
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Sevanavank, 874 AD
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Hayravank, 9t century
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Noraduz cemetery, 10t century
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Sevan peninsulae
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Ttujur veelage
[edit] References
- ↑ RA Gegharkunik Marz. Marzes of the Republic of Armenia in Figures, 2002–2006. National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia (2007).
[edit] Freemit airtins
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