Ararat Province

Ararat
Արարատ
From the top, View of Mount Ararat from the Ararat Plain, Surp Hovhannes Church in Artashat, Havuts Tar, Khosrov Forest, Khor Virap
Location of Ararat within Armenia
Location of Ararat within Armenia
Coordinates: 39°55′N 44°43′E / 39.917°N 44.717°E / 39.917; 44.717
Country Armenia
Capital
Largest city
Artashat
Masis
Government
 • GovernorSedrak Tevonyan[2]
Area
 • Total
2,090 km2 (810 sq mi)
 • Rank8th
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
248,982[1]
 • Rank3rd
GDP[3]
 • Total֏ 381.659 billion
(US$ 791 million)
 • Per capita֏ 1,478,727
(US$ 3,065)
Time zoneAMT (UTC+04)
Postal code
0601-0823
ISO 3166 codeAM.AR
FIPS 10-4AM02
HDI (2022)0.764[4]
high · 9th
WebsiteOfficial website

Ararat (Armenian: Արարատ, Armenian pronunciation: [ɑɾɑˈɾɑt] ) is a province (marz) of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is the town of Artashat.

The province is named after the biblical Mount Ararat. It is bordered by Turkey from the west and Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic from the south. It surrounds the Karki exclave of Nakhichevan which has been controlled by Armenia since its capture in May 1992 during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. Domestically, Ararat is bordered by Armavir Province from the northwest, Kotayk Province from the north, Gegharkunik Province from the east, Vayots Dzor Province from the southeast and the city of Yerevan from the north.

Two former capitals of Armenia are located in the modern-day Ararat Province, Artaxata and Dvin. It is also home to the Khor Virap monastery, significant as the place of Gregory the Illuminator's 13-year imprisonment and the closest point to Mount Ararat within Armenian borders.

  1. ^ "The Main Results of RA Census 2022, trilingual / Armenian Statistical Service of Republic of Armenia". www.armstat.am. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  2. ^ LLC, Helix Consulting. "Government - Regions - The Government of the Republic of Armenia". www.gov.am.
  3. ^ "Համախառն ներքին արդյունքն (ՀՆԱ) ըստ ՀՀ մարզերի եւ Երեւան քաղաքի 2015-2017թթ" (PDF), armstat.am
  4. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.

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