Yerevan
caipital ceety o Armenie / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yerevan (Armenie: Երևան or Երեւան, Armenian pronunciation: [jɛɾɛˈvɑn]) is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Armenie an ane o the warld's auldest continuously-inhabitit ceeties. Situatit alang the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the admeenistrative, cultural, an industrial centre o the kintra. It haes been the caipital syne 1918, the thirteent in the history o Armenie.
Yerevan Երևան | |
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Ceety | |
Yerevan skyline wi Munt Ararat in the backgrund | |
Coordinates: 40°11′N 44°31′E | |
Kintra | Armenie |
Established | 782 BC |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Karen Karapetyan |
Area | |
• Total | 300 km2 (100 sq mi) |
Elevation | 989.4 m (3,246.1 ft) |
Population (2009) | |
• Total | 1,119,000 |
• Density | 4896/km2 (12,680/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+4 (GMT+4) |
Area code(s) | +374 10 |
Website | www.yerevan.am |
Sources: Yerevan city area [1] Sources: City population [2] |
The history o Yerevan dates back tae the 8t century BC, wi the foondin o the fortress o Erebuni in 782 BC bi king Argishti I at the wastren extreme o the Ararat plain.[3] Efter Warld War I, Yerevan became the caipital o the Democratic Republic o Armenie as thoosans o survivors o the Armenie Genocide settled in the aurie. The ceety expandit rapidly durin the 20t century as Armenie became ane o the fifteen republics in the Soviet Union. In fiftie years, Yerevan wis transformed frae a toun o a few thoosan residents athin the Roushie Empire, tae Armenie's principal cultural, airtistic, an industrial center, as well as becomin the seat o naitional govrenment.
Wi the growthe o the economy o the kintra, Yerevan haes been unnergoin major transformation as mony pairts o the ceety hae been the recipient o new construction syne the early 2000s, an retail ootlets sic as restaurants, shops an street cafes, which wur rare durin Soviet times, hae multiplied.
In 2009, the population o Yerevan wis estimatit tae be 1,119,000 fowk wi the agglomeration aroond the ceety regroupin 1,245,700 fowk (2007 offeecial estimate),[4] mair nor a third o aw the population o Armenie.