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Artik (Armenian: Արթիկ, an aa Romanized as Art’ik) is a ceety locatit in the Shirak (marz) province o Armenie. It haes a population o 14,949 fowk, doun frae the 25,100 reportit in the 1989 census.
Artik Արթիկ | |
|---|---|
Ceety | |
The ceety o Artik in October 2009 | |
  Artik Արթիկ | |
| Coordinates: 40°37′02″N 43°58′33″E | |
| Kintra |  Armenie |
| Marz | Shirak |
| Established | 1945 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Khachatur Varagyan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 31.5 km2 (12.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1400 m (4,600 ft) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 14,949 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (GMT+5) |
| Website | www.artik.am |
Artik haes mony monuments an kirks. At the square there is a Warld War II monument. A short distance frae the square are the twa kirks o Saunt Marine biggit in the 5t century an Surb Gevorg biggit in the 7t century. Surp Gevorg is the lairger o the twa an haed previously been turned intae a storehoose unner the Soviets. The first attempt tae restore the kirk wis made in early 1990s. Baith kirk are in partial ruins, wi restoration interruptit bi the collapse o the USSR. On Januar 6, 2006 a fund-raisin campaign wis annoonced in the ceety o Artik tae reconstruct S. Gevorg. Near the ceety is an aa an 18t century kirk in a cave, an a well preserved kirk o Lmbatavank (Surb Stepanos) biggit in the 7t century staundin on a hillside. The kirk wis reconstructit atween 1955-1956. Durin 1960 excavations, a Bronze-Age cemetery wis discovered unner the stanes.
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