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HayPost ( hy, Հայփոստ) is the official national postal operator of
In November 2006, the HayPost Trust Management B.V. was created to operate HayPost by the Dutch Post Finance International Company. Awarding the operational contract of HayPost to the Dutch company was approved by the Central Bank of Armenia. The Trust Management is currently owned by Argentine businessman
Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ...
. It was founded in 1991 following the collapse of the Soviet Union
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. HayPost has 900 locations in Armenia, from urban to remote and rural regions, as well as two overseas offices in the United States
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. The headquarters of HayPost is located in Yerevan
Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and ...
.
History
In November 2006, the HayPost Trust Management B.V. was created to operate HayPost by the Dutch Post Finance International Company. Awarding the operational contract of HayPost to the Dutch company was approved by the Central Bank of Armenia. The Trust Management is currently owned by Argentine businessman Eduardo Eurnekian
Eduardo Eurnekian (born 4 December 1932) is an Argentine billionaire businessman of Armenian descent. , he is the fifth richest person in Argentina, with an estimated net worth of US$1.4 billion.
Early life
Eduardo Eurnekian was born to Armenian ...
. In 2007, HayPost became a member of PostEurop, an association of 52 European public postal operators.
As of 2019, HayPost has approximately 4000 employees.
Zvartnots International Airport
Zvartnots International Airport ( hy, Զվարթնոց միջազգային օդանավակայան, translit=Zvart'nots' mijazgayin ōdanavakayan) is located near Zvartnots, west of Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia. It acts as the main ...
in Yerevan is the main airport used by HayPost for its shipping and receiving of international goods and packages. HayPost maintains an office within the airport grounds.
HayPost stamps have won Europa postage stamp design competitions in 2007 and 2019.
Regions served
In addition to operating in Armenia, HayPost operates in the partially recognized state of theRepublic of Artsakh
Artsakh, officially the Republic of Artsakh () or the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (),, is a breakaway state in the South Caucasus whose territory is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan. Artsakh controls a part of the former ...
.
HayPost also maintains an international office in Glendale, California
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and a subsidiary facility in Delaware
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. The HayPost USA office was established to make it possible to meet the growing demands for shipping services between the United States and Armenia.
In August 2020, it was announced that HayPost would be launching a subsidiary office in China as well as undergo negotiations with Russia
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's postal service, to develop new logistical services.
Services
Some of the services offered by HayPost include mail service, bill payments, and travel insurance.See also
* Economy of Armenia * List of companies of Armenia * List of national postal services *List of postal entities
This is a list of postal entities by country. It includes:
*The governmental authority responsible for postal matters.
*The regulatory authority for the postal sector. Postal regulation may include the establishment of postal policies, postal rate ...
* Postage stamps and postal history of Armenia
* Universal Postal Union
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References
External links
* (in English) {{Postal administrations of Europe Communications in Armenia Companies of ArmeniaArmenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ...
Armenian companies established in 1991