- Avan
:"For the town in Aragatsotn province, see
Avan, Aragatsotn ."Infobox Settlement
official_name =Avan Ավան
native_name =
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mapsize =150px
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name =Armenia
subdivision_type1 = Marz (Province)
subdivision_name1 =Yerevan
leader_title =
leader_name =
established_title =
established_date =
area_total_km2 =
area_footnotes =
population_as_of =2001
population_total =50118
population_density_km2 =
timezone =UTC
utc_offset = +4
timezone_DST =DST
utc_offset_DST = +5
latd=40 |latm=12 |lats=54 |latNS=N
longd=44|longm=34 |longs=43 |longEW=E
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website =Avan ( _hy. Ավան) is a suburban district of
Yerevan ,Armenia , located in the hills to the north of theNor Nork district and east ofKanaker-Zeytun district. The population is largely Kurdish. A rough village green is dominated by the substantial remains of a sixth century church, erected by Chalcedonian catholics, who were rival to the monophysite patriarchate then established atDvin .References
*GEOnet2|32FA881E73283774E0440003BA962ED3
*ArmenianCensus|82
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