- Kapan
Infobox City
official_name = Kapan
Կապան
name_local = Կապան
imagesize = 250px
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mapsize = 150px
map_caption = Location of Kapan in Armenia
subdivision_type = Country
Marz
subdivision_name = ARMSyunik
leader_title =Mayor
leader_name =Armen Karapetian
area_magnitude = 1 E9
area_total_km2 = 36
area_land_km2 =
area_water_km2 =
population_as_of =2008
population_footnotes =
population_total = 35071
population_metro =
population_density_km2 =
timezone = GMT+4
utc_offset = +4
timezone_DST = GMT+5
utc_offset_DST = +5
latd=39 |latm=12 |lats=04 |latNS=N
longd=46 |longm=24 |longs=54 |longEW=E
elevation_m = 905.5Kapan ( _hy. Կապան; former names include Ghapan, Ghap’an, Kafin, Kafan, Katan, Qafan, Zangezur, and Madan) is the capital of the
Syunik province ("marz") ofArmenia . With a population of about 35,000, Kapan is struggling to cope with the realities of post-Karabakh war and post-Soviet society. However, there are signs of growth and development. Kapan is primarily a mining city, hence its Persian name of theQajar time معدن (Ma'dan, meaning "mine"). Kapan's industry is dependent on the newly privatizedpolymetallic deposit, though additional operations have developed including mining support services, commercial scaleanimal husbandry , and an expanding retail sector. Local areas of interest include theVahanavank monastery , and the Baghaberd and Halidzorfortress es.The city is associated with Davit Bek, an 18th century Armenian leader whose wars with the Muslims were fought around Syunik. Near to Kapan is the castle in which Bek died in
1728 .port
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FC Gandzasar Kapan - football club
*Syunik Kapan - football clubister cities
* Glendale,
California ,United States References
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*Kiesling, "Rediscoving Armenia", p. 100-102, available online at the [http://yerevan.usembassy.gov/armenia.pdf US embassy to Armenia's website]
*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.comExternal links
* [http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Kapan_Town More information on the region]
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