Vagharshapat

Vagharshapat
Vagharshapat; Վաղարշապատ
	Etchmiadzin Cathedral in Vagharshapat
	Banner Seal
	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

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

Map o modren-day Vagharshapat

Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin) is a memmer o the Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC)^[2] since 2007.^[3]

Sister ceeties

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

↑ Armstats:Population
↑ OVPM:Echmiatsin, Arménie Archived 2013-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Etchmiadzin: UNESCO^{[deid airtin]}
↑ International relations^{[deid airtin]}

Vagharshapat at GEOnet Names Server

Freemit airtins

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

[1] Armstats:Population

[2] OVPM:Echmiatsin, Arménie Archived 2013-06-05 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Etchmiadzin: UNESCO^{[deid airtin]}

[4] International relations^{[deid airtin]}

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Vagharshapat Վաղարշապատ
Etchmiadzin Cathedral in Vagharshapat
Banner Seal
Vagharshapat
Coordinates: 40°10′22″N 44°17′33″E / 40.17278°N 44.29250°E / 40.17278; 44.29250
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]