Administrative divisions of Armenia

Subdivisions of Armenia
Legend
Map ref.	Administrative division	Provincial capital
1	Aragatsotn	Ashtarak
2	Ararat	Artashat
3	Armavir	Armavir
4	Gegharkunik	Gavar
5	Kotayk	Hrazdan
6	Lori	Vanadzor
7	Shirak	Gyumri
8	Syunik	Kapan
9	Tavush	Ijevan
10	Vayots Dzor	Yeghegnadzor
11	Yerevan	–

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Armenia is subdivided into eleven administrative divisions. Of these, ten are provinces, known as marzer (մարզեր) or in the singular form marz (մարզ) in Armenian.

Yerevan is treated separately and granted special administrative status as the country's capital. The chief executive in each of 10 marzes is the marzpet, appointed by the government of Armenia. In Yerevan, the chief executive is the mayor, appointed by the president.

Provinces

The following is a list of the provinces with population, area, and density information. Figures are from the National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia. Note that the area of the Gegharkunik Province includes Lake Sevan which covers 1,278 square kilometres (493 sq mi) of its territory. To sort the information, use the arrow devices in the table headings.

Province	Population	%	Density
Yerevan	1,091,235	36.3%	5,196.4 /km2 (13,459 /sq mi)
Shirak	257,242	8.6%	96.0 /km2 (249 /sq mi)
Armavir	255,861	8.5%	206.2 /km2 (534 /sq mi)
Lori	253,351	8.4%	66.8 /km2 (173 /sq mi)
Ararat	252,665	8.4%	126.1 /km2 (327 /sq mi)
Kotayk	241,337	8.0%	114.9 /km2 (298 /sq mi)
Gegharkunik	215,371	7.2%	58.9 /km2 (153 /sq mi)
Syunik	134,061	4.5%	29.8 /km2 (77 /sq mi)
Aragatsotn	126,278	4.2%	45.8 /km2 (119 /sq mi)
Tavush	121,963	4.1%	39.1 /km2 (101 /sq mi)
Vayots Dzor	53,230	1.8%	22.1 /km2 (57 /sq mi)

Communities (hamaynkner)

Main article: List of municipalities in Armenia

Within each province are communities (hamaynkner, singular hamaynk). Each community is self-governing and consists of one or more settlements (bnakavayrer, singular bnakavayr). Settlements are classified as either towns (kaghakner, singular kaghak) or villages (gyugher, singular gyugh). As of 2007, Armenia includes 915 communities, of which 49 are considered urban and 866 are considered rural. The capital, Yerevan, also has the status of a community.^[1] Additionally, Yerevan is divided into twelve semi-autonomous districts.

See also

• ISO 3166-2:AM

References

1. ^ "Regional Administration Bodies". The Government of the Republic of Armenia. Archived from the original on 2008-04-20. http://web.archive.org/web/20080420205327/http://www.gov.am/enversion/regional_7/regional.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-11. 

External links

• National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia
• http://www.statoids.com/uam.html