Vagharshapat, Armenie
| Vagharshapat Վաղարշապատ |
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| Coordinates: 40°10′22″N 44°17′33″E / 40.17278°N 44.2925°E | |||
| Kintra | Armenie | ||
| Marz (Province) | Armavir | ||
| Established | 685 BC | ||
| Govrenment | |||
| - Mayor | Karen Manvel Grigoryan | ||
| Aurie | |||
| - Tot | 44.24 km2 (17.1 sq mi) | ||
| Hicht | 853 m (2,799 ft) | ||
| Indwallers (2009) | |||
| - Tot | 57,300 | ||
| - Densitie | 1,295/km2 (3,354/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | (UTC+4) | ||
| - Simmer (DST) | (UTC+5) | ||
| Aurie code(s) | 0231 | ||
| Wabsteid | offeecial wabsteid | ||
| Sources: Population [1] | |||
Vagharshapat (Armenie: Վաղարշապատ), commonly kent as Ejmiatsin in Eastren Armenie an Echmiadzin in Wastren Armenie (Armenie: Էջմիածին), is the fowert-lairgest ceety in Armenie an the spiritual centre o the Armenies, as it is the seat o the Catholicos o Aw Armenies, the heid o the Holy Armenie Apostolic Kirk. It is the maist populous ceety in Armavir Province, locatit aboot 18 km wast o Yerevan, 25 km east o the regional centre o Armavir, anerlie 10 km north o the Armenie-Turkis border. The 1989 census coontit the population o Ejmiatsin as 61,000; it haes declined somewha syne: 58,388 in the 2001 census, an an estimatit 56,757 in 2008.
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Internaitional relations [edit]
Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin) is a memmer o the Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC)[2] since 2007.[3]
Sister ceeties [edit]
Currently, Vagharshapat-Ejmiatsin haes 6 sister ceeties:[4]
- Issy-les-Moulineaux, Fraunce syne 1989
- Petrozavodsk, Roushie syne 2004
- Fresno, Californie, USA syne 2009
- Sergiyev Posad, Roushie syne 2010
- Hadrut, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic syne 2010
- Martakert, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic syne 2010
References [edit]
Freemit airtins [edit]
- Armenia Photos: The Holy Ceety o Etchmiadzin - bi East-Site.com
- Etchmiadzin Auld Photos - bi ChurchInArmenia.com
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