- Agarak, Meghri
:"For the other Agarak in Syunik province, see
Agarak, Kafan ."Infobox Settlement
official_name = Agarak Ագարակ
native_name =
mapsize =150px
pushpin_
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name =Armenia
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 =Syunik leader_title =
Mayor
leader_name =
established_title = Established
established_date =1949 area_total_km2 =
area_footnotes = [ [http://www.armeniainfo.am/about/?section=population ArmeniaInfo] ]
population_as_of =2008
population_total = 5112
population_density_km2 =timezone =
UTC
utc_offset = +4
timezone_DST = DST
utc_offset_DST = +5
latd=38 |latm=52 |lats=00 |latNS=N
longd=46 |longm=12 |longs=00 |longEW=E
elevation_m =area_code = (+374)286
website =Agarak ( _hy. Ագարակ) is a city established in
1949 , inSyunik province,Armenia . Located on the left bank of riverAraks on the border withIran , 9km to the south-west ofMeghri . Railway station on the demolished and non-functioning branchYerevan —Nakhichevan —Horadiz .Agarak is considered to be a miners' city, and is a center of non-ferrous metallurgy. In
2000 copper-molybdenic industrial was recovered. Currently it provides around 1000 people with work, which makes around fifth part of the whole population.Customs and frontier market are located in the city.
Armenian part of Iran-Armenia gas pipeline started on
30 November 2004 in Agarak city.References
*GEOnet2|32FA881E75833774E0440003BA962ED3
*ArmenianCensus|210
* [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
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