Araks, Armavir

40°05′35″N 43°57′03″E

Araks
Արաքս
Araks village as seen from Sardarapat Monument
Araks village as seen from Sardarapat Monument
Araks is located in Armenia
Araks
Araks
Coordinates: 40°05′35″N 43°57′03″E
CountryArmenia
ProvinceArmavir
MunicipalityArmavir
Founded1946
Population
 (2011)
 • Total2,113
Time zoneUTC+4
For the other Araks village, in the Araks Municipality of the Armavir province, see Araks, Armenia.

Araks (Armenian: Արաքս), is a village with 2,113 inhabitants (2001)[1] in the western part of the Armavir Province of Armenia. It was founded as a state farm in 1940. The Battle of Sardarapat of 1918, took place near the village of Araks. In 1968, the Sardarapat Battle Memorial was erected on the site of the battle.[2] Additionally there is the state owned Armenia Ethnography Museum.[3]

Sardarapat Memorial in Araks

References
  1. "Report of the results of 2001 Armenian Census" (PDF). National Statistical Service of Armenia.
  2. Sketches of the Soviet Union - Page 145 by Anton Refregier - 1978
  3. Baboyan, Albert (1979). ""The centuries under the arches"". Soviet Armenia. 4: 10–11.
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