- Jrarat, Armavir
Infobox Settlement
official_name =Jrarat Ջրառատ
native_name =
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mapsize =150px
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name =Armenia
subdivision_type1 = Marz (Province)
subdivision_name1 =Armavir
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population_as_of =2008
population_total =2833
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timezone =
utc_offset = +4
timezone_DST =
utc_offset_DST = +5
latd=40 |latm=04 |lats=17 |latNS=N
longd=44|longm=15 |longs=47 |longEW=E
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website =Jrarat ( _hy. Ջրառատ, also
Romanize d as Jrarrat and Dzhrarat; formerly, Gharkhun, Verin Karkhun, and Verkhniy Karkhun) is a town in the Armavir Province ofArmenia . The town has a large poultry industry and nearby is land reserved for the cochineal dye beetles, "Porphyrophora hamelii ". [Kiesling, "Rediscoving Armenia", p. 40, available online at the [http://yerevan.usembassy.gov/armenia.pdf US embassy to Armenia's website] ]In addition to the 2,833 people in the town, the Jrarrat Poultry Farm has an additional 1,165 residents (2001 census) in its workers' housing, bringing the population of the area to 4,000.
References
*GEOnet2|32FA881E71173774E0440003BA962ED3
* [http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-17&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=x World Gazeteer: Armenia] – World-Gazetteer.com
*ArmenianCensus|130
*RediscoveringArmenia|40
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