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Populated places in Aragatsotn Province

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Ashtarak
Ashtarak ( ) is a town in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia, located on the left bank of Kasagh River along the gorge, 20 km 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.
Aparan
Aparan ( , colloquially ) is a town in the Aparan Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia, about 50 kilometers northwest of the capital Yerevan. As of the 2011 census, the population of the town was 6,451. As per the 2016 official estimate, Aparan had a population of around 5,300. As of the 2022 census, the population of the town was 5,803.
Talin
town in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia
Oshakan
Oshakan () is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia located 3 kilometers southwest from Ashtarak. It is well known to historians and pilgrims of the Armenian Apostolic Church as the site of the grave of Mesrop Mashtots, the inventor of the Armenian alphabet.
Byurakan
Byurakan () is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia, located on the slope of Mount Aragats. The village is home to several historical sites including the 7th-century Artavazik Church, the 10th-century basilica of Saint Hovhannes and a huge 13th-century khachkar monument.
Agarak
village in Aragatsotn Province of Armenia
Metsadzor
Metsadzor () is a village in the Metsadzor Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Most inhabitants are Yezidis – the town's name means "waterless" in Kurdish.
Alagyaz
Alagyaz (; ) is a village and centre of the Alagyaz Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Most of the population are Yazidi Kurds . The village is located along the Aparan-Spitak highway.
Artashavan
Artashavan () is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. In the village to the northeast, is the restored 7th-century Surp Amenaprkich Church. The villages of Lusaghbyur and Nigatun are also within the community of Artashavan.
Aruch
Aruch () is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. It is located on the southern part of Mount Aragats. The settlement dates back to the 6th century when it was the winter camp of the royal army. It was later made to a permanent base by Grigor Mamikonian (661-682). The village is the location of the 7th century Armenian monastic complex Aruchavank, adjacent to it are the remains of the Mamikonians' palace.
Tsaghkahovit
Tsaghkahovit (), known as Haji Khalil until 1946, is a village in the Tsaghkahovit Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.
Aghdsk
Aghdzk () is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. It is home to the Arshakid Mausoleum, a large grave monument complex and basilica of the 4th to 5th centuries. King Shapur II of Persia exhumed the bones of the Armenian kings and took them to Persia symbolically taking Armenia's power. When Sparapet Vassak Mamikonian defeated the Persians and reclaimed the bones of the Arshakuni monarchs, he buried them at Aghdzk. Remains of the monuments and the basilica may still to be seen.
Yeghipatrush
Yeghipatrush (), is a village in the Aparan Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. During the Soviet period, the town was renamed in honor of Askanaz Mravyan, Soviet Armenian Cultural Commissar. The town has a 10th- to 13th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin. Some 100 meters beyond the church is an early cemetery with one corner of an allegedly 5th-century basilica as well as a khachkar shrine.
Ashnak
Ashnak () is a village in the Talin Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The village is known from the 5th century, but was relocated to its present site in 1830. The town's environs include the ruins of a 10th-century chapel, a 5th-century church, and ancient fort. Prior to the breakup of the Soviet Union, Ashnak had a folk dance troupe that toured internationally.
Akunk
village in Aragatsotn Province of Armenia
Ohanavan
Ohanavan () is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Ohanavan was resettled in 1828 by emigrants from Muş. On a nearby escarpment sits the 13th-century Hovhannavank Monastery. Both the town and the monastery are situated atop a steep gorge carved by the Kasagh river.
Arteni
thumb | right | The Arteni village entrance Arteni () is a village in the Aragatsavan Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The town contains a wine factory.
Shenavan
village in Aragatsotn Province of Armenia
Antarut
Antarut () is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.
Hartavan
Hartavan () is a village in the Aparan Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.
Yernjatap
Yernjatap () is a village in the Aparan Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.
Hatsashen
Hatsashen () is a village in the Talin Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.
Kosh
village in Aragatsotn Province of Armenia
Hnaberd
village in Aragatsotn Province of Armenia
Orgov
Orgov () is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Orgov is home to the Orgov Radio-Optical Telescope and remains of a Bronze Age fort.
Avshen
Avshen () is a village in the Alagyaz Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.
Voskehat
village in Aragatsotn Province of Armenia
Bazmaghbyur
Bazmaghbyur () is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.
Shamiram
village in Aragatsotn Province of Armenia
Mastara
Mastara () is a village in the Talin Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The 5th-century Armenian Church of S. Hovhannes is situated in the northeastern half of the village, while the church of S. Stepanos Nakhava sits on a hilltop to the north. There is also the small medieval Tukh Manuk Church in the village to the southeast.
Sipan
village in Aragatsotn Province of Armenia
Agarakavan
Agarakavan () is a village in the Talin Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. It was populated by Armenian genocide survivors from Van in 1920.
Sasunik
Sasunik () is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. It was founded as a collective farm in 1955, and villagers were resettled from the old village of Sasunik in 1960.
Melikgyugh
Melikgyugh () is a village in the Aparan Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.
Mirak
village in Aragatsotn Province of Armenia
Voskevaz
Voskevaz () is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Not far from the center of the village is the church of Surp Hovhannes, built between the 7th and 12th centuries. The village is home to the Hayasy brewery.
Gegharot
Gegharot () is a village in the Tsaghkahovit Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.
Rya Taza
village in Aragatsotn Province of Armenia
Ttujur
village in Aragatsotn Province of Armenia
Aragatsotn
village in Aragatsotn Province of Armenia
Lusagyugh
village in Aragatsotn Province of Armenia
Arevut
Arevut (), known as Duzkend until 1935 and Barozh until 2006, is a village in the Arevut Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The town is mostly populated by Yazidis.
Nigavan
Nigavan () is a village in the Aparan Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The town has a cyclopean fort.
Karbi
village in Aragatsotn Province of Armenia
Nerkin Sasnashen
village in Aragatsotn Province of Armenia
Saghmosavan
Saghmosavan () is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The town is the site of the Saghmosavank Monastery (the "Monastery of Psalms") with Saint Sion church, built in 1215.
Vardenis
village in Aragatsotn Province of Armenia
Kanch
Kanch () is a village in the Arevut Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The town is mostly populated by Yezidis.
Tlik
Tlik () is a village in the Arevut Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia, near the Armenia–Turkey border. The majority of the inhabitants are Yezidis.
Aragats
village in Aragatsotn, Armenia
Jamshlu
Jamshlu or Jamushvan (; ) is a village in the Alagyaz Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The town is mostly populated by Kurds.
Irind
Irind () is a village in the Talin Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia located about 30 km east of the Turkish border. Irind was founded in 1921 by survivors of the Armenian genocide who had fled from Mush and Sasun. The town contains a 7th-century octagonal church that in 2011 was being reconstructed. thumb|Church of Surb Gevorg in Irind, (6th century)
Vardenut
Vardenut () is a village in the Aparan Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.
Avan
village in Aragatsotn Province of Armenia
Otevan
Otevan () is a village in the Metsadzor Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The village is home to a 12th-century ruined Armenian church as well as the ruins of a fortress and is mostly populated by Yezidis.
Dprevank
Dprevank () is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The village is on the road from Dzoragyugh to Tsakhkasar. The village has been founded in 1991–1992 by Armenian refugees fleeing from Mədrəsə village of Shamakhi District of Azerbaijan.
Ushi
village in Aragatsotn Province of Armenia
Ghazaravan
Ghazaravan () is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Nearby, there are Bronze Age fortresses.
Dzoraglukh
Dzoraglukh () is a village in the Aparan Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The town's church, dedicated to Saint Hovhannes (Saint John), dates from the 10th to the 12th century.
Sadunts
Sadunts () is a village in the Alagyaz Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The town is mostly populated by Yazidis.