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Ashtarak City

Territory:                                              4161,02 ha
Population:                                          21,475 
Distance from capital/Yerevan:           20 Kilometer
Height of above sea level:                  1175 m 
The main branches of economy:         industry, agriculture, 

The province centre Ashtarak is situated on the bank of Kasakh river, in the distance of 20 km to the North-West from Yerevan. Town is the junction of Yerevan-Gyumri and Yerevan-Spitak roads. 
Ashtarak town developed as a satellite town of Yerevan. It is administrative and political, economic, scientific, educational and cultural centre of the marz. The main branch of economy is food and beverage production.

Ashtarak name is concerned with the name of fertility and love goddess Ishtar. There is another version, on which near to Ashtarak heights had 4-5 millennial towers, in Armenian called ashtarak.

Tourist Attractions
The town is built on both side of the Kasakh River, with most of the sites you will want to see on the left bank (west). This is where Ashtarak’s collection of Medieval churches is located: Spitakavor (4-5th cc), Tsiranavor (5-6th cc), Karmravor (7th c) and S. Marineh (1281). The right bank also has a late medieval bath, Urartian irrigation channel and fort remains, a Medieval mill and pretty 19th c houses. The 1661 bridge is located in the gorge while a modern church built on medieval foundations is located on the top of the right bank.

Industry and Science
In this city you’ll find the Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics of the National Academy of Armenia, the Research Institute of Physics, the ,,Mashtots,, Research and Production Enterprise, ,,Kimenta-1,, research company, special engineering and special construction technology bureaus.

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