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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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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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Echmiadzin or Ejmiatsin (in Armenian ????????) or Vagharshapat (official and rarely used name of the town) is a town in Armenian province Armavir, about 20 km west from Yerevan. It is a headquarters of the katholikos, the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church. The town's name means "a descent of the only begotten".
Today the town boasts with three important churches (the cathedral, church of St. Gayane, church of St. Hripsime) and two less important churches: Shoghakat and the church of Mother of God.
Together with the archaelogical site of Zvartnots, Echmiadzin is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.)
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