Ararat ( armenian Արարատ ) is a city in the region of Ararat in Armenia . Located 48 km southeast of Yerevan .
| City | |
| Ararat | |
|---|---|
| arm. Արարատ | |
 | |
| A country |  Armenia |
| Marz | Ararat |
| Mayor | Hayk Haykyan |
| History and Geography | |
| Based | 1939 |
| Square | 3.6 km² |
| Center height | |
| Timezone | UTC + 4 |
| Population | |
| Population | 20 800 [1] people ( 2010 ) |
| Nationalities | Armenians |
| Katoykonim | Ararat, Ararat [2] |
| Official language | Armenian |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +374 (238) |
| Postcode | 0602 |
| Car code | 27 |
| araratcity.am (in Armenian) | |
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Title
The city is named after the sacred mountain Ararat , which is located 7 km from the city, on the Ararat Plain , which is the most fertile plain of Armenia in its entire history, and it has the largest settlements.
History
The city was founded in 1939 [3] . In connection with the construction of a working village under the newly built cement plant. In 1935, significantly expanding its own borders, the village merged with the village of Davalu and in 1939 officially received the status of the working village of Araratavan. In 1962, by order of the Soviet Government of Armenia, the workers' settlement received city status. City schools celebrate “ International Day of Energy Saving ” with seminars for school teachers. [4] During the Karabakh conflict of 1987-1994. residents of the city sent a unit of military equipment to the border Yeraskhavan : the Kamatsu tractor in an inconceivable steel casing, reminiscent of an alien car from sci-fi films of the 60s. The tractor was equipped with a Degtyarev machine gun during the Second World War . [five]
Economy
The city of Ararat is known as the center of heavy industry, there is a cement plant and a factory for processing gold ore. [6] The city is developing international environmental projects to protect the environment. [7] Ararat railway station is located in the city, through which the electric train runs from Yerash to Yerevan daily.
Twin Cities
- Bussy-Saint-Georges ( France ), August 7, 2009 [8]
See also
- List of cities of Armenia
Notes
- ↑ Population of Armenia - Armstat
- ↑ Gorodetskaya I. L., Levashov E. A. Ararat // Russian names of inhabitants: Dictionary-reference. - M .: AST , 2003 .-- S. 31 .-- 363 p. - 5000 copies - ISBN 5-17-016914-0 .
- ↑ Marz ARARAT RA (English) (Armenian) (Russian)
- ↑ Energy Saving Day in Turkish schools
- ↑ IN WAR AS IN WAR (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Treasures of the Turkish mountains
- ↑ PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROGRAM (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Armtown.com unopened . Archived on February 9, 2012.
Links
- In the valley of the sacred mountain - a tourist's story about the trip.