Artik

Coordinates: 40°37′02″N 43°58′33″E / 40.61722°N 43.97583°E / 40.61722; 43.97583

Artik Արթիկ
The city of Artik in October 2009
Artik Արթիկ
Coordinates: 40°37′02″N 43°58′33″E / 40.61722°N 43.97583°E / 40.61722; 43.97583
Country	Armenia
Marz	Shirak
Established	1945
Government
– Mayor	Khachatur Varagyan
Area
– Total	31.5 km2 (12.2 sq mi)
Elevation	1,400 m (4,593 ft)
Population (2008)
– Total	14,949
Time zone	GMT (UTC+4)
– Summer (DST)	GMT+5 (UTC+5)
Website	www.artik.am

Artik (Armenian: Արթիկ, also Romanized as Art’ik) is a city located in the Shirak (marz) province of Armenia. It has a population of 14,949 people, down from the 25,100 reported in the 1989 census.

Artik has many monuments and churches. At the square there is a World War II monument. A short distance from the square are the two churches of Saint Marine built in the 5th century and Surb Gevorg built in the 7th century. Surb Gevorg is the larger of the two and had previously been turned into a storehouse under the Soviets. The first attempt to restore the church was made in early 1990s. Both churches are in partial ruins, with restoration interrupted by the collapse of the USSR. On January 6, 2006 a fund-raising campaign was announced in the city of Artik to reconstruct S. Gevorg. Near the city is also an 18th century church in a cave, and a well preserved church of Lmbatavank (Surb Stepanos) built in the 7th century standing on a hillside. The church was reconstructed between 1955-1956. During 1960 excavations, a Bronze-Age cemetery was discovered under the stones.

Sports

• FC Tufagorts Artik — football club.

Gallery

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  Surb Gevorg Church of the 7th c.

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  S. Gevorg

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  Lmbatavank (Surb Stepanos) Church of the 7th c.

References

• Artik at GEOnet Names Server
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia
• World Gazeteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com

External links

• Armeniapedia.org: Artik