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Southwestern Asia, east of Turkey .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country :
| Azerbaijan-proper 566 km, Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave 221 km, Georgia 164 km, Iran 35 km, Turkey 268 km .
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| More informations on the bottom :
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INFORMATIONS MAPS
| Land Boudaries Total :
| 1,254 km .
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| Geographic Coordinates :
| highland continental, hot summers, cold winters .
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| Area Total :
| 29,800 sq km .
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| Area Land :
| 28,400 sq km .
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| Area Water :
| 1,400 sq km .
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| Area Comparative :
| slightly smaller than Maryland .
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| Coast Line :
| 0 km (landlocked) .
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| Railways Total :
| 845 km .
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| Highways Total :
| 15,918 km .
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| Waterways :
| .
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| Ports and Harbors :
| none .
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Map Artashat-Artaajat 1960,
Map Artashat-Artaajat 1961,
Map Artashat-Artaajat 1962,
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Map Artashat-Artaajat 2006,
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Population on 01-Jan-04 : 25200
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Artaxata (??????? in Armenian, translit. Artashat), a city on the Araks River in the Ararat valley, founded by Artaxias I in 190 BC at the entrance to the plainlands of the River Araxes, at a point where the watercourse forms a near peninsula. Strabo and Plutarch described it as a large and beautiful city, terming it as the "Armenian Carthage". Artaxata was a large center of Hellenistic culture in Armenia, the first theatre in Armenia was built in the city. Artaxata remained the principal political and cultural center of Armenia until the 5th century, the city of Dvin became the new capital of Armenia in the 7th century. It is the site of the modern city of Yerevan.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.)
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