Aragatsotn Province
40.444.2Coordinates: 40° 24′ N, 44° 12′ E
Aragazotn (
[ɑɾɑɡɑˈt͡sɔtən], Armenian Արագածոտնի մարզ, in scientific transliteration Aragacotni marz, in German Provinz Aragazotn) is a province in western Armenia. The capital of the province is Ashtarak. The name Aragazotn means "at the foot of Mount Aragaz". The province borders Turkey to the west.
The province has an area of 2753 km² and a population of 125,539 (as of 2011). A significant minority (over 5% of the population) of Yezidis live in the province.
Other cities besides Ashtarak are the former urban-type settlements of Aparan and Talin, which were elevated to cities in the 1990s. In addition to these three urban municipalities, there are 111 rural municipalities with a total of 117 villages; the largest villages (with over 3,000 inhabitants each) are Aragazawan (until the 1990s also an urban-type settlement as Aragaz), Arteni, Bjurakan, Karbi, Oshakan and Woskevas (as of 2011).
The province was formed during the administrative reorganization in the framework of decentralization in 1995 from the rajons of Aparan, Aragaz, Ashtarak and Talin, which had existed in the Armenian SSR of the Soviet Union since 1930/37, and the rajon-free city of Ashtarak.
Administration breakdown
Since an administrative reform on June 9, 2017, Aragazotn Province includes 72 municipalities of which three are urban and 69 are rural:
| Municipality | Area (km²) | Population | Incorporated settlements |
| Aparan | Aragaz (Aragazotn), Araji, Apnagjugh, Dzhrambar, Dsoragluch, Hartawan (Armenia), Jerndzhatap, Jeghipatrush, Kajk (Armenia), Kuchak, Lusagjugh (Aragazotn), Nigavan, Saralaj (Aragatsotn), Shenavan (Aragatsotn), Shoghakn, Chknagh, Tychur (Aragatsotn), Vardenis (Aragatsotn), Vardenut, Zaghkashen (Aragatsotn). | ||
| Ashtarak | 42 | 20,636 | Mughni |
| Talin | 44 | 8,374 |
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