Margara

Coordinates: 40°02′01″N 44°10′26″E / 40.03361°N 44.17389°E / 40.03361; 44.17389

Margara Մարգարա
Margara
Coordinates: 40°02′01″N 44°10′26″E / 40.03361°N 44.17389°E / 40.03361; 44.17389
Country	Armenia
Marz (Province)	Armavir
Population (2008)
- Total	1,477
Time zone	(UTC+4)
- Summer (DST)	(UTC+5)

Margara (Armenian: Մարգարա, also Romanized as Markara; formerly Margara-Gök) is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. Margara is the closest border crossing to Turkey from Yerevan. Margara has a road bridge across the Arax River to Turkey. The Border Guard Service of Russia patrols the border between Armenia and Turkey.

References

• Margara at GEOnet Names Server
• World Gazeteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia
• Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 40; original archived at Archive.org, and current version online on Armeniapedia.org.

External links

• Video about the Armenia-Turkey border at Margara by ArmeniaLiberty (RFE/RL)