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Pkhrut
Pukhrut () is a village in the Kajaran Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia. Demographics Pukhrut was not listed in the 2011 Armenian census. However, following the 2017 reforms, Pukhrut appeared in the records with a total population of 16. Municipal administration The village was part of the community of Lernadzor until the June 2017 administrative and territorial reforms, when the village became part of the Kajaran Municipality. References Populated places in Syunik Province {{Syunik-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syunik Province
Syunik (, ) is the southernmost province of Armenia. It is bordered by the Vayots Dzor Province to the north, Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic exclave to the west, Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran to the south. Its capital and largest city is the town of Kapan. The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its population was 141,771 in the 2011 census, down from 152,684 at the 2001 census. Etymology Syunik was one of the 15 provinces of the Kingdom of Armenia. The early Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi connected the name of the province with Sisak, a descendant of the legendary Armenian patriarch Hayk and supposed progenitor of the ancient Siunia (or Syunik) dynasty, which ruled Syunik from the first century BC. However, historian Robert Hewsen considered Sisak to be a later eponym. Historian Armen Petrosyan suggested that Syunik is derived from name of the Urartian sun god Shivini/Siwini (itself a borrowing from the Hittites), noting the similarity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Armenia
A municipality in Armenia referred to as community ( ''hamaynk'', plural: ''hamaynkner''), is an administrative subdivision consisting of a settlement ( ''bnakavayr'') or a group of settlements ( ''bnakavayrer'') that enjoys local self-government. The settlements are classified as either towns ( ''kaghakner'', singular ''kaghak'') or villages ( ''gyugher'', singular ( ''gyugh''). The administrative centre of a community could either be an urban settlement (town) or a rural settlement (village). Two-thirds of the population are now urbanized. As of 2017, 63.6% of Armenians live in urban areas as compared to 36.4% in rural. As of the end of 2017, Armenia has 503 municipal communities (including Yerevan) of which 46 are urban and 457 are rural. The capital, Yerevan, also has the status of a community. Each municipality bears the same name as its administrative centre, with the exception of 7 municipalities, of which 4 are located in Shirak Province (Ani Municipality with its c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kajaran Municipality
Kajaran Municipality, referred to as Kajaran Community ( ''Kajaran Hamaynk''), is an urban community and administrative subdivision of Syunik Province of Armenia, at the south of the country. Composed of a group of settlements, its administrative centre is the town of Kajaran. Included settlements Politics Kajaran Municipal Assembly (Armenian: Քաջարանի համայնքապետարան, ''Kajarani'' ''hamaynqapetaran'') is the representative body in Kajaran Municipality, consisting of 15 members which are elected every five years. The last election was held in September 2022. Manvel Paramazyan of To Unity Alliance was elected mayor. ''Ruling coalition or party marked in bold.'' To Unity Alliance is an alliance between Democratic Alternative Party and Fair Armenia Party. See also *Syunik Province Syunik (, ) is the southernmost province of Armenia. It is bordered by the Vayots Dzor Province to the north, Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic exclave to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, two United Nations General Assembly observers#Current non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and ten other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and one UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (15 states, of which there are six UN member states, one UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and eight de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (two states, both in associated state, free association with New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administrative Divisions Of Armenia
Armenia is subdivided into eleven administrative divisions. Of these, ten are provinces, known as () or in the singular form () in Armenian. Yerevan is treated separately and granted special administrative status as the country's capital. The chief executive in each of 10 ''marz''es is the ''marzpet'', appointed by the government of Armenia. In Yerevan, the chief executive is the mayor, elected by the Yerevan City Council. First-level administrative divisions The following is a list of the provinces with population, area, and density information. Figures are from the Statistical Committee of Armenia. The area of the Gegharkunik Province includes Lake Sevan which covers of its territory: Municipalities (''hamaynkner'') Within each province of the republic, there are municipal communities (''hamaynkner'', singular ''hamaynk''), currently considered the second-level administrative division in Armenia. Each municipality - known officially as community, either rural o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenia Time
Armenia Time (AMT) is a time zone used in Armenia. It is four hours ahead of UTC at UTC+04:00. Clock time is about one hour later than solar noon in Armenia. Consequently, population activity hours are similar to those in Paris or Barcelona, which have about the same shift to solar time. They are about one hour later compared to those in Berlin and Vienna, and are two hours later than those in Warsaw and New York. The former breakaway state of the Republic of Artsakh also used Armenia Time until its dissolution in 2023. Daylight saving time Armenia does not utilize daylight saving time (DST). The Government of Armenia issued a decree that cancelled the observance of daylight saving time, otherwise known as Armenia Summer Time (AMST) in 2012. Other time zones in UTC +4 Some time zones exist that have the same offset as AMT, but can be found under a different name in other countries, these include: [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenia
Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Nakhchivan to the south. Yerevan is the Capital city, capital, largest city and Economy of Armenia, financial center. The Armenian Highlands has been home to the Hayasa-Azzi, Shupria and Nairi. By at least 600 BC, an archaic form of Proto-Armenian language, Proto-Armenian, an Indo-European languages, Indo-European language, had diffused into the Armenian Highlands.Robert Drews (2017). ''Militarism and the Indo-Europeanizing of Europe''. Routledge. . p. 228: "The vernacular of the Great Kingdom of Biainili was quite certainly Armenian. The Armenian language was obviously the region's vernacular in the fifth century BC, when Persian commanders and Greek writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lernadzor
Lernadzor () is a village in the Kajaran Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia. Toponymy The village was previously known as ''Kyurdikend''. Demographics The village's population was 866 at the 2011 census, up from 416 at the 2001 census. Municipal administration Lernadzor was previously a community which included the villages of Lernadzor, Kavchut, Musallam, Nerkin Giratagh and Verin Giratagh, until the June 2017 administrative and territorial reforms, when the village became a part of the Kajaran Municipality. The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported the community of Lernadzor's population as 1,011 in 2011, up from 547 in 2010, which was down from 634 at the 2001 census. Uranium mine In the 1970s, a Russian exploration team uncovered a mine containing in Lernadzor about 30,000 tons of uranium. In February 2008, a memorandum was signed between the ROA Ministry of Nature Protection and ''Rosatom'', the Russian State Nuclear Energy Corporation, regarding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
