Lernadzor (Armenie: Լեռնաձոր, Romanizit as Lerrnadzor an aw; umwhile, Kyurdikend) is a veelage an rural commonty (municipality) in the Syunik Province o Armenie.

Lernadzor

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Lernadzor is located in Armenie
Lernadzor
Lernadzor
Coordinates: 39°09′26″N 46°11′59″E / 39.15722°N 46.19972°E / 39.15722; 46.19972
Kintra Armenie
Marz (Province)Syunik
Area
 • Total102.78 km2 (39.68 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total547
 • Density5.3/km2 (14/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+4 ( )
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 ( )
Lernadzor at GEOnet Names Server

The commonty o Lernadzor includes the veelages o Lernadzor, Kavchut, Musallam, Nerqin Giratagh, an Verin Giratagh. The Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie (ARMSTAT) reportit the commonty's population wis 547 in 2010,[2] doun frae 634 at the 2001 census.[3] The veelage's population wis 416 at the 2001 census.[3]

Uranium mine

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In the 1970s, a Roushie sploration team uncovered a mine containin in Lernadzor aboot 30,000 tons of uranium. In Februar 2008, a memorandum wis signed atween the ROA Meenistry o Natur Protection an Rosatom, the Roushie State Nuclear Energy Corporation, regardin the cooperative geological sploration, production an reprocessin in the Armenie uranium sector.[4]

References

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  1. "Syunik regional e-Govrenance Seestem" (in Armenian). Syunik Province provincial govrenment. Click on airtin enteetled "Համայնքներ" (commonty) an sairch for the place bi Armenie name.
  2. "Marzes of the Republic of Armenia and Yerevan City in Figures, 2010" (PDF). Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie (ARMSTAT).
  3. a b Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie
  4. The Specter of Uranium Once Again Hangs Over Syunik Archived 2012-02-17 at the Wayback Machine, Hetq Online, November 10, 2008.