Armenia Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Administrative divisions=== {{Main|Administrative divisions of Armenia}} {{Armenia Labelled Map|float=right}} [[File:Գեղարդ.jpg|thumb|[[Geghard]] monastery, [[Kotayk Province]]]] Armenia is divided into ten [[Administrative divisions of Armenia|provinces]] (''marzer'', singular ''marz''), with the city (''kaghak'') of [[Yerevan]] ({{lang|hy|Երևան}}) having special administrative status as the country's capital. The chief executive in each of the ten provinces is the ''marzpet'' (''marz'' governor), appointed by the government of Armenia. In Yerevan, the chief executive is the mayor, elected since 2009. Within each province there are [[List of municipalities of Armenia|communities]] (''hamaynkner'', singular ''hamaynk''). Each community is self-governing and consists of one or more settlements (''bnakavayrer'', singular ''bnakavayr''). Settlements are classified as either towns (''kaghakner'', singular ''kaghak'') or villages (''gyugher'', singular ''gyugh''). {{As of|2007}}, Armenia includes 915 communities, of which 49 are considered urban and 866 are considered rural. The capital, Yerevan, also has the status of a community.<ref>{{cite web |title=Regional Administration Bodies |url=http://www.gov.am/en/regions/ |publisher=The Government of the Republic of Armenia |access-date=11 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211012350/http://www.gov.am/en/regions |archive-date=11 February 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> Additionally, Yerevan is divided into twelve semi-autonomous districts. {|class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" |- style="font-size:100%; text-align:left;" !colspan="2"|Province !colspan="2"|Capital ! Area (km<sup>2</sup>) ! Population † |- |[[Aragatsotn Province|Aragatsotn]] ||{{lang|hy|Արագածոտն}} |[[Ashtarak]] ||{{lang|hy|Աշտարակ}} |style="text-align:right"|2,756 |style="text-align:right"|132,925 |- |[[Ararat Province|Ararat]] ||{{lang|hy|Արարատ}} |[[Artashat, Armenia|Artashat]] ||{{lang|hy|Արտաշատ}} |style="text-align:right"|2,090 |style="text-align:right"|260,367 |- |[[Armavir Province|Armavir]] ||{{lang|hy|Արմավիր}} |[[Armavir, Armenia|Armavir]] ||{{lang|hy|Արմավիր}} |style="text-align:right"|1,242 |style="text-align:right"|265,770 |- |[[Gegharkunik Province|Gegharkunik]] ||{{lang|hy|Գեղարքունիք}} |[[Gavar]] ||{{lang|hy|Գավառ}} |style="text-align:right"|5,349 |style="text-align:right"|235,075 |- |[[Kotayk Province|Kotayk]] ||{{lang|hy|Կոտայք}} |[[Hrazdan]] ||{{lang|hy|Հրազդան}} |style="text-align:right"|2,086 |style="text-align:right"|254,397 |- |[[Lori Province|Lori]] ||{{lang|hy|Լոռի}} |[[Vanadzor]] ||{{lang|hy|Վանաձոր}} |style="text-align:right"|3,799 |style="text-align:right"|235,537 |- |[[Shirak Province|Shirak]] ||{{lang|hy|Շիրակ}} |[[Gyumri]] ||{{lang|hy|Գյումրի}} |style="text-align:right"|2,680 |style="text-align:right"|251,941 |- |[[Syunik Province|Syunik]] ||{{lang|hy|Սյունիք}} |[[Kapan]] ||{{lang|hy|Կապան}} |style="text-align:right"|4,506 |style="text-align:right"|141,771 |- |[[Tavush]] ||{{lang|hy|Տավուշ}} |[[Ijevan]] ||{{lang|hy|Իջևան}} |style="text-align:right"|2,704 |style="text-align:right"|128,609 |- |[[Vayots Dzor]] ||{{lang|hy|Վայոց Ձոր}} |[[Yeghegnadzor]] ||{{lang|hy|Եղեգնաձոր}} |style="text-align:right"|2,308 |style="text-align:right"|52,324 |- |[[Yerevan]] ||{{lang|hy|Երևան}} |style="text-align:center"|– ||style="text-align:center"|– |style="text-align:right"|223 |style="text-align:right"|1,060,138 |} † 2011 census<br />Sources: Area and population of provinces.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.armstat.am/file/doc/99475033.pdf|title=Armstat:Provinces, area and population|access-date=26 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010144321/http://www.armstat.am/file/doc/99475033.pdf|archive-date=10 October 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page