place

Ashtarak

AshtarakErivan GovernoratePages with Armenian IPAPages with disabled graphsPopulated places in Aragatsotn Province
Tourist attractions in Aragatsotn ProvinceYazidi populated places in Armenia
Ashtarak coll. 2012
Ashtarak coll. 2012

Ashtarak (Armenian: Աշտարակ [ɑʃtɑˈɾɑk]) is a town in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia, located on the left bank of Kasagh River along the gorge, northwest of the capital Yerevan. It is the administrative centre of the province and an important crossroad of routes for the Yerevan–Gyumri–Vanadzor triangle. The town plays a great role in the national economy as well as the cultural life of Armenia through several industrial enterprises and cultural institutions. It has developed as a satellite town of Yerevan. The nearby village of Mughni is part of the Ashtarak municipality. As of the 2011 census, the population of the town was 18,834. However, as per the 2016 official estimate, the population of Ashtarak is 18,000.The prelacy of the Diocese of Aragatsotn of the Armenian Apostolic Church is headquartered in Ashtarak.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Ashtarak (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

Ashtarak
Nerses Ashtaraketsu square,

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: AshtarakContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 40.2975 ° E 44.361666666667 °
placeShow on map

Address

Քաղաքապետարան

Nerses Ashtaraketsu square 7
0201
Aragatsotn Province, Armenia
mapOpen on Google Maps

Ashtarak coll. 2012
Ashtarak coll. 2012
Share experience

Nearby Places