Vagharshapat
Vagharshapat Վաղարշապատ | |
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 Etchmiadzin Cathedral in Vagharshapat | |
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  Vagharshapat | |
| Coordinates: 40°10′22″N 44°17′33″E / 40.17278°N 44.29250°E | |
| Kintra | Armenie |
| Marz (Province) | Armavir |
| Established | 685 BC |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Karen Manvel Grigoryan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 44.24 km2 (17.08 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 853 m (2,799 ft) |
| Population (2009) | |
| • Total | 57,300 |
| • Density | 1295/km2 (3,350/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+4 ( ) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 ( ) |
| Area code(s) | 0231 |
| Website | offeecial wabsteid |
| Sources: Population [1] | |
Vagharshapat (Armenie: Վաղարշապատ), commonly kent as Ejmiatsin in Eastren Armenie an Echmiadzin in Wastren Armenie (Armenie: Էջմիածին), is the fowert-lairgest ceety in Armenie an the spiritual centre o the Armenies, as it is the seat o the Catholicos o Aw Armenies, the heid o the Holy Armenie Apostolic Kirk. It is the maist populous ceety in Armavir Province, locatit aboot 18 km wast o Yerevan, 25 km east o the regional centre o Armavir, anerlie 10 km north o the Armenie-Turkis border. The 1989 census coontit the population o Ejmiatsin as 61,000; it haes declined somewha syne: 58,388 in the 2001 census, an an estimatit 56,757 in 2008.
Internaitional relations
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Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin) is a memmer o the Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC)[2] since 2007.[3]
Sister ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]Currently, Vagharshapat-Ejmiatsin haes 6 sister ceeties:[4]
- Issy-les-Moulineaux, Fraunce syne 1989
- Petrozavodsk, Roushie syne 2004
- Fresno, Californie, USA syne 2009
- Sergiyev Posad, Roushie syne 2010
- Hadrut, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic syne 2010
- Martakert, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic syne 2010
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Armenia Photos: The Holy Ceety o Etchmiadzin Archived 2009-10-02 at the Wayback Machine - bi East-Site.com
- Etchmiadzin Auld Photos Archived 2014-08-16 at the Wayback Machine - bi ChurchInArmenia.com
