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Ararat (village), Armenia

Coordinates: 39°49′49″N 44°42′09″E / 39.83028°N 44.70250°E / 39.83028; 44.70250
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39°49′49″N 44°42′09″E / 39.83028°N 44.70250°E / 39.83028; 44.70250

Ararat
Արարատ
The House-Museum of Vazgen Sargsyan in Ararat
The House-Museum of Vazgen Sargsyan in Ararat
Ararat is located in Armenia
Ararat
Ararat
Ararat is located in Ararat
Ararat
Ararat
Coordinates: 39°49′49″N 44°42′09″E / 39.83028°N 44.70250°E / 39.83028; 44.70250
CountryArmenia
ProvinceArarat
MunicipalityArarat
Founded1828
Population
 (2011)
 • Total7,609
Time zoneUTC+4

Ararat (Armenian: Արարատ) is a village in the Ararat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia, located 14 km south of the provincial centre Artashat. In the 2011 census, the village had a population of 7,609.[1]

It hosted to the first CYMA – Canadian Youth Mission to Armenia led by Ronald Alepian in 1993. The village is home to the Vazgen Sargsyan House-Museum.

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