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Provinces of Armenia
Subdivisions of Armenia Aragatsotn Ararat Armavir Gegharkunik Kotayk Lori Shirak Syunik Tavush Vayots Dzor Yerevan
Category	Unitary state
Location	Armenia
Number	10 Provinces 1 Special status city
Populations	(Provinces only): 52,324 (Vayots Dzor) – 265,770 (Armavir)
Areas	(Provinces only): 1,200 km (480 sq mi) (Armavir) – 5,350 km (2,065 sq mi) (Gegharkunik)
Government	Provincial government, National government
Subdivisions	Hamaynkner

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Armenia is subdivided into eleven administrative divisions. Of these, ten are provinces, known as marzer (մարզեր) or in the singular form marz (մարզ) in Armenian.

Yerevan is treated separately and granted special administrative status as the country's capital. The chief executive in each of 10 marzes is the marzpet, appointed by the government of Armenia. In Yerevan, the chief executive is the mayor, elected by the Yerevan City Council.

First-level administrative divisions

The following is a list of the provinces with population, area, and density information. Figures are from the Statistical Committee of Armenia. The area of the Gegharkunik Province includes Lake Sevan which covers 1,278 square kilometres (493 sq mi) of its territory:

Province	Population (2011 census)	Population (2022 census)	%	Area (km)	Density	Urban communities	Rural communities	Capital
Aragatsotn	132,925	128,941	4.4%	2,773	46.5/km (120/sq mi)	3	69	Ashtarak
Ararat	260,367	248,982	8.5%	2,090	119.1/km (308/sq mi)	4	91	Artashat
Armavir	265,770	253,493	8.6%	1,231	205.9/km (533/sq mi)	3	94	Armavir
Gegharkunik	235,075	209,669	7.1%	5,351	39.2/km (102/sq mi)	5	52	Gavar
Kotayk	254,397	269,883	9.2%	2,076	130/km (340/sq mi)	7	35	Hrazdan
Lori	235,537	222,805	7.6%	3,799	58.6/km (152/sq mi)	7	50	Vanadzor
Shirak	251,941	235,484	8%	2,680	87.9/km (228/sq mi)	3	39	Gyumri
Syunik	141,771	114,488	3.9%	4,506	25.4/km (66/sq mi)	5	3	Kapan
Tavush	128,609	114,940	3.9%	2,704	42.5/km (110/sq mi)	5	19	Ijevan
Vayots Dzor	52,324	47,369	1.6%	2,310	20.5/km (53/sq mi)	3	5	Yeghegnadzor
Yerevan	1,060,138	1,086,677	37.1%	223	4,873/km (12,620/sq mi)	1	n/a	n/a

Municipalities (hamaynkner)

Within each province of the republic, there are municipal communities (hamaynkner, singular hamaynk), currently considered the second-level administrative division in Armenia. Each municipality - known officially as community, either rural or urban- is a self-governing entity and consists of one or more settlements (bnakavayrer, singular bnakavayr). The settlements are classified as either towns (kaghakner, singular kaghak) or villages (gyugher, singular gyugh). As of January 2018, Armenia is divided into 503 communities, of which 46 are urban and 457 are rural. The capital, Yerevan, also holds the status of a community. Additionally, Yerevan is divided into twelve semi-autonomous districts.

Terminology

See also

• Districts of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
• Administrative divisions of the Republic of Artsakh
• ISO 3166-2:AM
• List of Armenian provinces by Human Development Index

References

1. "Provinces: area, population and density" (PDF).
2. "The Main Results of RA Census 2022, trilingual / Armenian Statistical Service of Republic of Armenia". www.armstat.am. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
3. "Estimated population of Armenia as of 01.01.2016" (PDF).
4. "Regions". The Government of Armenia.

External links

• Statistical Committee of Armenia
• Armenia Provinces on Statoids.com

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v t e Provinces of Armenia
Provinces (մարզեր)	Aragatsotn Ararat Armavir Gegharkunik Kotayk Lori Shirak Syunik Tavush Vayots Dzor
City with special status	Yerevan (capital)

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