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Aragatsotn (Armenie: Արագածոտն) is a province (marz) o Armenie. It is in the wast o the kintra, an its caipital is Ashtarak. The name means "a fuit o Aragats" (the heichest muntain o the Republic o Armenie). Durin the Arsacid Dynasty o the Kinrick o Armenie, the region wis pairt o the Ayrarat province. It wis ruled bi the Amatuni noble family wi its caipital at Oshakan.
The region is primarily inhabitit bi Armenians but an aa haulds a significant Yazidi Kurdish minority.
Aragatsotn's wastren edge forms pairt o Armenie's border wi Turkey. It an aa borders the follaein marzer:
Aragatsotn an aa shares a sma border wi Yerevan in its soothwast atween its borders wi Kotayk an Armavir.
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The province o Aragatsotn consists o the follaein 114 commonties (hamaynkner), o which 3 (bauld in the table) are considered urban an 111 are considered rural.[1] The diveesion belaw is bi raion, the admeenistrative subdiveesions o Armenie afore 1995.
| Ashtarak | Aparan | Aragats | Talin |
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- Aragatsotn
Cathedral o Talin, 7t century
Saghmosavank Monastery, 13t century
Monument tae the Battle o Bash Abaran
Armenian alphabet pairk near Aparan
Byurakan Observatory
- Munt Aragats
- Yazidis in Armenie
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