Alapars

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official_name = Alapars Ալափարս
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Armenia
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Kotayk
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population_as_of = 2008
population_total =2538
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latd=40 |latm=25 |lats=17 |latNS=N
longd=44|longm=38 |longs=05 |longEW=E
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Alapars ( _hy. Ալափարս, also Romanized as Alap’ars; formerly Aylaberk, Vardanavan, and Vardanavank) is a town in the Kotayk province of Armenia. The town center is dominated by the Vardan Church (Vardanavank in Armenian), built in 901, that according to local legend has a drop of blood from Vartan Mamikonian, an Armenian national hero.

References

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* [http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&geo=-17 World Gazeteer: Armenia] – World-Gazetteer.com
*ArmenianCensus|178
*RediscoveringArmenia|57