Masis, Armenie
- For the nearbi veelage cried Masis, see Masis (veelage).
Masis | |
|---|---|
  Masis | |
| Coordinates: 40°00′50″N 44°29′09″E / 40.01389°N 44.48583°E | |
| Kintra |  Armenie |
| Marz | Ararat |
| Area | |
| • Total | 16.2 km2 (6.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 854 m (2,802 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 22,517 |
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi) |
| Area code(s) | +374(236) |
Masis (Armenie: Մասիս), incorporatin the umwhile veelages o Narimanlu, Zangibasar, an Ulukhanlu, is a toun in Armenie in Ararat Province (marz), locatit on the left bank o the Hrazdan River, 14 km sooth o Yerevan. The ceety haes a lairge railwey commodity station that serves Yerevan an which wis, till the closin o the border wi Azerbaijan, o internaitional significance. The population is 21,376 fowk (accordin tae a 2001 census). The toun is ane o the closest tae Munt Ararat an Little Ararat. The muntains are visible frae maist auries o the ceety.
Masis lees atween Yerevan an the auncient historic ceety o Artashat. It's aboot 8 mile sooth wast o Yerevan towards Munt Ararat. It haes a ceety centre an a mercatplace. A total nummer o approximately 70 5-story biggins, each wi 40—60 apairtments. It haes a nummer o veelages stretchin up tae the Aras River borderin Turkey an aw. At nichts ane can see the Kurdish veelage lichts on Munt Ararat an its muntain ridges. It haes 4 saisonal weathers, wi vera hot (tho short) simmers an vera cauld winters.
Picturs
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Masis Street Archived 2012-11-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Dountoun[deid airtin]
Sports
[eedit | eedit soorce]- FC Masis - fitbaa club
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Masis, Armenie at GEOnet Names Server
- Kiesling, Rediscoving Armenia, p. 25, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website Archived 2008-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
- World Gazeteer: Armenia[deid airtin] – World-Gazetteer.com
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie
