Artashat (Armenia)

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Artashat is a historic town in Armenia, located in the Ararat Province, known as one of the country’s ancient capitals and a regional cultural center.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former capital city ⓘ
populated place ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeStatus urban community ⓘ
ancientName Artaxata ⓘ
archaeologicalSiteNearby ancient city of Artaxata ruins ⓘ
capitalFromCentury 2nd century BC ⓘ
capitalToCentury 4th century AD ⓘ
climate continental climate ⓘ
country Armenia ⓘ
distanceToYerevan_km approximately 30 ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
food processing ⓘ
light industry ⓘ
foundedBy King Artaxias I of Armenia ⓘ
linked to: Artaxias I
foundedInCentury 2nd century BC ⓘ
foundedInYearApprox 176 BC ⓘ
geographicFeature located on Ararat plain ⓘ
linked to: Ararat plain
hasCulturalInstitution cultural houses ⓘ
theatres ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution schools ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding Armenian Apostolic churches ⓘ
hasStatus regional administrative center ⓘ
historicalRegion Ararat plain ⓘ
isCapitalOf Ararat Province ⓘ
knownFor being one of the ancient capitals of Armenia ⓘ
regional cultural center ⓘ
languageMajority Armenian ⓘ
linked to: Armenian language
locatedIn Ararat Province ⓘ
South Caucasus ⓘ
Western Asia ⓘ
locatedNear Mount Ararat ⓘ
Yerevan ⓘ
linked to: Yerevan, Armenia
locatedOnRiver Araks River ⓘ
linked to: Araz River
majorChurch Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
majorReligion Christianity ⓘ
namedAfter Artaxias I ⓘ
nationalAffiliation Republic of Armenia ⓘ
linked to: Armenia
partOf Artashat Municipality ⓘ
linked to: Artashat (Armenia)
populationEstimate around 20000–25000 ⓘ
region Ararat Marz ⓘ
linked to: Ayrarat
scriptUsed Armenian alphabet ⓘ
servedAs capital of the Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
timeZone UTC+4 ⓘ
timeZoneDST UTC+5 (historically observed) ⓘ
transportConnection highway link to Yerevan ⓘ
roads to Ararat and Vedi ⓘ

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Clamart → twinnedWith → Artashat (Armenia) ⓘ
Artashat → partOf → Artashat Municipality ⓘ
subject linked to: Artashat (Armenia)
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Ararat plain → majorCityOnPlain → Artashat ⓘ
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Artaxata → alternativeName → Artashat ⓘ
linked to: Artashat (Armenia)
Artaxata → nearbyModernCity → Artashat ⓘ
linked to: Artashat (Armenia)
Artaxata → archaeologicalSite → Artashat archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: Artashat (Armenia)
Greater Armenia → capital → Artashat ⓘ
linked to: Artashat (Armenia)
Khor Virap → nearbySettlement → Artashat ⓘ
linked to: Artashat (Armenia)
Ararat Province → capital → Artashat ⓘ
linked to: Artashat (Armenia)
Ararat Province → administrativeCentre → Artashat ⓘ
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Ararat Province → contains → Artashat ⓘ
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Ayrarat → hasCity → Artashat ⓘ
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Eastern Armenia → capital → Artashat ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Armenia
linked to: Artashat (Armenia)
Battle of Artaxata → tookPlaceNear → Artaxata, capital of Armenia ⓘ
linked to: Artashat (Armenia)