Malatia-Sebastia Մալաթիա-Սեբաստիա | |
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 Malatia-Sebastia district | |
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| Coordinates: 40°10′26.10″N 44°26′44.79″E / 40.1739167°N 44.4457750°E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Marz (Province) | Yerevan |
| Government | |
| • Mayor of District | Arman Barkhudaryan |
| Area | |
• Total | 25.82 km2 (9.97 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 950 m (3,120 ft) |
| Population (2022 census[1]) | |
• Total | 140,784 |
| • Density | 5,500/km2 (14,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+4 ( ) |
Malatia-Sebastia (Armenian: Մալաթիա-Սեբաստիա վարչական շրջան, Malat’ia-Sebastia varch’akan shrjan), also nicknamed colloquially as Bangladesh,[2] is one of the 12 districts of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, located in the western part of the city. As of the 2022 census, the district has a population of 140,784.[1]
Malatia-Sebastia is bordered by the Ajapnyak District form the north, Kentron District from the east and Shengavit District from the south. It also has borders with the Armavir Province from the east and the Ararat Province from the southeast.[3]
The name of the community is derived from two former major historically partly Armenian towns in modern-day Turkey; Malatya and Sivas.
The district is unofficially divided into smaller neighborhoods such as: Nor Malatia, Zoravar Andranik, Shahumyan, Araratyan and Haghtanak.
- ^ a b "The Main Results of RA Census 2022, trilingual / Armenian Statistical Service of Republic of Armenia". www.armstat.am. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
- ^ Malkasian, Mark (1996). "Gha-ra-bagh!": The Emergence of the National Democratic Movement in Armenia. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. p. 79. ISBN 978-0814326046.
- ^ "yerevan.am | Պաշտոնական կայք | Մալաթիա-Սեբաստիա վարչական շրջան". www.yerevan.am. Retrieved Jan 5, 2021.