Yeraskh

Also known as Arazdayan

Yeraskh () is a village in the Ararat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia. Yeraskh is the closest Armenian village to the closed border with Azerbaijan. The settlement is adjacent to Heydarabad, Azerbaijan across the border, is beside European route E99 highway in Turkey, and is also near to the Iranian village of Qush.

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Settlement.official_name: Yeraskh
Settlement.native_name: Երասխ
Settlement.image_skyline: Entrance to the Ararat region (Southwestern Gate) (1).jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Armenia#Ararat
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: top
Settlement.mapsize: 150px
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Armenia
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Ararat
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Ararat
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_total: 635
Settlement.utc_offset: +4
Settlement.utc_offset_DST: +5
Settlement.elevation_m: 810
Settlement.mapframe: yes

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Official name: Араздаян
Population: 907
Area: 17.65
Elevation: 810
Image: Station Yeraskh.JPG
Dialing code: 0234

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native label: Երասխ

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The train station in Yeraskh was previously connected with the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan, and used to be the main road and rail connections between Nakhchivan and Azerbaijan proper. The rail line also was the only direct connection between the former USSR and Iran. Because of the hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, the border is under severe blockade and no trains are allowed to pass.