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Two-thirds of the population are now urbanized. Statistically, 63.6% of Armenians live in urban areas as compared to 36.4% in rural, as of 2017. [1] Yerevan, Gyumri, and Vanadzor are the three largest urban settlements of the republic, currently having populations of more than 50,000. They were considered as "cities of republican subordination ...
Goris (Armenian: Գորիս [ɡɔˈɾis]) is a town and the centre of the Goris Municipality in the Syunik Province in southern Armenia. Located in the valley of the Goris (or Vararak) River, it is 254 kilometres from the Armenian capital Yerevan and 67 kilometres from the provincial capital Kapan. [2] Goris is the second largest city in Syunik ...
Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country, as its primate city. It has been the capital since 1918, the fourteenth in the history of Armenia and the seventh located in or around the Ararat Plain.
The Church of St. Giragos (Saint Cyricus) [1] or Surp Giragos Church[2][3] is a historic Armenian Apostolic church in Diyarbakır, Turkey. It is the largest Armenian church in the Middle East. [4][5][6]: 214 The church was confiscated by the Turkish government in 2016. [5] The church was re-opened to the public on May 7, 2022, after renovations.
The history of modern Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, traces its roots back to Erebuni Fortress [1][2][3] an ancient Urartian fortified monument from which also the modern city of Yerevan derives its name. [4][5][6] The earliest reference to Yerevan in the medieval records dates from 607 A.D. [1][7] Located one in the bottommost parts of the ...
Mount Aragats (Armenian: Արագած, pronounced [ɑɾɑˈɡɑt͡s]) is an isolated four-peaked volcano massif in Armenia. Its northern summit, at 4,090 m (13,420 ft) above sea level, is the highest point of the Lesser Caucasus and Armenia. It is also one of the highest points in the Armenian Highlands. [a]
Yerevan city plan created by an Armenian architect Boris Mehrabyan in 1906-1911 Dzoragyugh in the early 20th century. Surb Sargis Church can be seen at the top right corner. After Erivan was taken over by the Russian troops in 1827, many Armenians from northern Persia came to Eastern Armenia , including to Yerevan.
Shawarma (/ ʃəˈwɑːrmə /; Arabic: شاورما) is a Middle Eastern dish that originated in the Levantine region during the Ottoman Empire, [1][2][3][4] consisting of meat that is cut into thin slices, stacked in an inverted cone, and roasted on a slow-turning vertical spit. Traditionally made with lamb or mutton, it may also be made with ...