Ijevan
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Ijevan Իջևան | |
|---|---|
 Ijevan landscape | |
  Ijevan Իջևան | |
| Coordinates: 40°52′32″N 45°08′57″E / 40.87556°N 45.14917°E | |
| Kintra |  Armenie |
| Marz | Tavush |
| Mayor | Vardan Ghalumyan [1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.62 km2 (1.78 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 755 m (2,477 ft) |
| Population (2009) | |
| • Tot | 20,500 |
| • Density | 4,437/km2 (11,490/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (GMT +4) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (GMT+5) |
| Wabsteid | Ijevan info portal |
| Sources: Population [2] | |
Ijevan (Armenie: Իջևան; umwhile, Istibulagh an Karavansara) is a ceety in Armenie an the caipital o Tavush Province. It is locatit in the northren pairt o the region, on the fuit o Ijevan ridge an Nal'teket ridge on baith banks o Aghstev River. The ceety's current name, Ijevan, an its umwhile name Karavansara (till 1919) baith mean "inn" (caravanserai), in Armenie an Persie, respectively.[3] The ceety's population as o 2009 is 20,500 makkin it the maist populatit ceety in the province. It is 137 km tae the north-east o Yerevan. Currently, the mayor o the ceety is Varuzhan Nersisyan who runs Ijevan alongside a fifteen-memmer cooncil.[4] The Yerevan-Tbilisi heich-gate passes through the ceety. Ijevan haes a railwey station syne 1870.
Sister ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]
Valence, Drôme (Fraunce) syne 1996
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "Armenia's Famous Persons". Retrieved 2009-03-04.
- ↑ Armstats:Population
- ↑ Kiesling, Rediscoving Armenia, p. 111, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website
- ↑ "Malcolm Simpson, Community-Based Economic Development Strategy, City of Ijevan, Armenia, 2003-2006" (PDF). 2002. Retrieved 2008-06-06.
- Ijevan at GEOnet Names Server
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie
Caipital: Ijevan | ||
| Ijevan |  | |
| Dilijan | ||
| Noyemberyan | ||
| Berd | ||
