Araks, Armenia (Armavir Municipality)

This article is about the village in western part of the Armavir Province. For for village in eastern part, see Araks, Armavir (east). For other uses of Araks, see Araks (disambiguation).

40°05′35″N 43°57′03″E / 40.09306°N 43.95083°E / 40.09306; 43.95083

Araks
Արաքս
Araks village as seen from Sardarapat Monument
Araks village as seen from Sardarapat Monument
Araks is located in Armenia
Araks
Araks
Coordinates: 40°05′35″N 43°57′03″E / 40.09306°N 43.95083°E / 40.09306; 43.95083
CountryArmenia
ProvinceArmavir
MunicipalityArmavir
Founded1946
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,651[1]
Time zoneUTC+4

Araks (Armenian: Արաքս), is a village with 1,651 inhabitants (2011)[1] in the western part of the Armavir Province of Armenia. It was founded as a state farm in 1940. The Battle of Sardarapat of 1918, took place near the village of Araks. In 1968, the Sardarapat Battle Memorial was erected on the site of the battle.[2] Additionally there is the state owned Armenia Ethnography Museum.[3]

Sardarapat Memorial in Araks
  1. ^ a b "Armavir (Armenia): Towns and Villages in Municipalities". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
  2. ^ Sketches of the Soviet Union - Page 145 by Anton Refregier - 1978
  3. ^ Baboyan, Albert (1979). ""The centuries under the arches"". Soviet Armenia. 4: 10–11.