Araks, Armavir edit extracted from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia (using Wikipedia Reflection Script)

For the other town of this name in Armavir province, see Araks, Echmiadzin.

Coordinates: 40°05′35″N 43°57′03″E / 40.09306, 43.95083

Araks Արաքս
Araks Արաքս
Coordinates: 40°05′35″N 43°57′03″E / 40.09306, 43.95083
Country	Armenia
Marz (Province)	Armavir
Founded	1940
Population (2008)
- Total	1,640
Time zone	(UTC+4)
- Summer (DST)	(UTC+5)

Araks (Armenian: Արաքս) is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The town was founded as a state farm in 1940. Nearby was the Battle of Sardarapat (May 1918) on whose site is erected the Sardarapat Monument.

References

• World Gazeteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census

• Kiesling, Rediscoving Armenia, p. 38, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website

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