Hrazdan (city)

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	City
Handed out
	Հրազդան
A country	Armenia
Marz	Kotayk region
The mayor	Sevak Mikaelyan
History and Geography
Founded
Former names	Ahta (until 1959)
Area	;
Center height
Timezone	UTC + 4
Population
Population	52,808 people ( 2001 )
Digital identifiers
Telephone code	+374 (223)
Postal codes	2301-2309
	www.hrazdan.am

Hrazdan ( armenian Հրազդան ) is a city in Armenia in the Kotayk region . Until 1959, the village of Akhta (in Armenian: Ներքին Ախտա ). ^[1] Located on the left bank of the upper reaches of the Hrazdan River. Located at a distance of 50 km from Yerevan . The population of the city is 52808 people. The average annual temperature is 6 ° C, the amount of annual precipitation is 715–730 mm. Hrazdan is one of the rainiest cities in Armenia .

Content

Geography

The territory of the city is located mainly in the steppe landscape zone, surrounded by light forest.

Hrazdan River and its tributaries flow through the city: Tsaghkadzor and Kakavadzor . Within the city, there is the Akhbyurak reservoir with a volume of 5 million m³, commissioned in 1953.

At a short distance from the city, in the Hrazdan river basin, there are several deposits: Ankavan copper-molybdenum and gold-iron bearing, Megradzor polymetallic , including gold-bearing, Hrazdan complex , mainly marked by the content of compounds of iron , titanium , manganese , phosphorus and other elements. ^[2]

The climate is sharply continental with moderately cool, rainy summers and fairly cold and snowy winters. The total annual rainfall is 550-600 mm, humidity - about 65%.

Absolute maximum temperature: +33 ° C

Absolute minimum temperature: -38 ° C

Average annual temperature: 4.8 ° C ^[3]

Climate Hrazdan
Indicator	Jan	Feb	March	Apr	May	June	July	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average temperature, ° C	−9	−7.1	−2.6	4.1	9.8	13.3	16.6	16.8	13,2	7.5	0.7	−5.8	4.8
Source: ^[3]

Economics

Hrazdan Thermal Power Station

Not far from the city is the most powerful thermal power plant in Armenia - Hrazdan TPP . Razdansky Tsemzavod also operates in a factory street, as well as a HARVAL MACHINE plant for the production of metal structures.

Trade

In 2008, the city opened the first regional supermarket of the Star chain ^[4] . As well as 6 other supermarkets and other shops and catering establishments. Also in 2015. the Vega network electronics store was opened; after 2017, VLV Electronics opened. In 2018, an Olympic pool opened in the city. As well as AQUA-M pool. And the new cinema "Hrazdan".

Attractions

Art Gallery
Makravank Monastery XIII century

Literature

Z. Korkodyan. The population of Soviet Armenia. 1932.
O. Tumoyan Hrazdan district. 1981.

Notes

↑ Handed out - article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia .
↑ Environmental Assessment of Hrazdan City from 2005 to 2008 (Neopr.) (Unavailable link) Date of treatment October 10, 2011. Archived November 1, 2011.
↑ ¹ ² SNiP 2.01.01-82 “Construction climatology and geophysics”; section "Armenian SSR" (unopened) (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment June 12, 2012. Archived July 5, 2012.
↑ Arka.am: The first regional supermarket “Star (Krpak)” (unopened) (inaccessible link) opened in the Armenian city of Hrazdan . Date of treatment February 2, 2013. Archived January 7, 2017.

[1] Handed out - article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia .

[2] Environmental Assessment of Hrazdan City from 2005 to 2008 (Neopr.) (Unavailable link) Date of treatment October 10, 2011. Archived November 1, 2011.

[климат-3] ¹ ² SNiP 2.01.01-82 “Construction climatology and geophysics”; section "Armenian SSR" (unopened) (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment June 12, 2012. Archived July 5, 2012.

[4] Arka.am: The first regional supermarket “Star (Krpak)” (unopened) (inaccessible link) opened in the Armenian city of Hrazdan . Date of treatment February 2, 2013. Archived January 7, 2017.