Artamet

Infobox Settlement
official_name =Artamet Արտամետ
native_name =
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Armenia
subdivision_type1 = Marz (Province)
subdivision_name1 =Armavir
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established_title =Founded
established_date = 1982
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population_as_of = 2001
population_total =212
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utc_offset = +4
timezone_DST =
utc_offset_DST = +5
latd=40 |latm=07 |lats= |latNS=N
longd=43|longm=51 |longs= |longEW=E
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Artamet ( _hy. Արտամետ) is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia; it is located 80 km from Yerevan and 12 km from the border with Turkey. Artamet was founded in 1982. In 1991, 650 families from Nagorno Karabakh were settled in Artamet; all but 2 of those families have since left. [ [http://www.armenianow.com/?action=viewArticle&AID=1440&CID=1583&lng=eng&IID=0 Armenia Now article on Artamet] ]

References

*ArmenianCensus|130
*RediscoveringArmenia|41