Argishti, Yerevan

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Coordinates: 40°08′16″N44°34′18″E / 40.13778°N 44.57167°E / 40.13778; 44.57167

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Argishti
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Argishti
Coordinates: 40°08′16″N44°34′18″E / 40.13778°N 44.57167°E / 40.13778; 44.57167
Country Armenia
Marz (Province) Kotayk
Time zone   (UTC+4)
  Summer (DST)  (UTC+5)

Argishti is a neighborhood in the Erebuni District of Yerevan, Armenia. It is very close by Verin Jrashen.

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Erebuni, is one of the 12 districts of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. It is situated southeast of the city centre where Erebuni Fortress is located. The name of Yerevan itself is derived from ancient Erebuni.

Yerevan City in Armenia

Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia as well as one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country. It has been the capital since 1918, the fourteenth in the history of Armenia and the seventh located in or around the Ararat plain. The city also serves as the seat of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese; the largest diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church and one of the oldest dioceses in the world.

Armenia Republic in South Caucasus in West Asia

Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located in Western Asia on the Armenian Highlands, it is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, the de facto independent Republic of Artsakh and Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and Azerbaijan's exclave of Nakhchivan to the south.

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