Administrative divisions of Armenia

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 marzer is the marzpet, appointed by the government of Armenia. In Yerevan, the chief executive is the mayor, appointed by the president.

First-level administrative entities

The following is a list of the regions with population, area, and density information.^[1] Figures are from the National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia.^[2] Note that the area of the Gegharkunik Province includes Lake Sevan which covers 1,278 square kilometres (493 sq mi) of its territory. To sort the information, use the arrow devices in the table headings.

1) - Provinces

Province	Population (2011 census)	%	Population (2016 estimate)	Area (km2)	Density	Urban communities	Rural communities	Capital
Aragatsotn Province	132,925	4.4%	129,800	2,756	48/km2 (120/sq mi)	3	111	Ashtarak
Ararat Province	260,367	8.6%	258,900	2,090	125/km2 (320/sq mi)	4	93	Artashat
Armavir Province	265,770	8.8%	266,600	1,242	214/km2 (550/sq mi)	3	94	Armavir
Gegharkunik Province	235,075	7.8%	231,800	5,349	44/km2 (110/sq mi)	5	87	Gavar
Kotayk Province	254,397	8.4%	253,900	2,086	122/km2 (320/sq mi)	7	60	Hrazdan
Lori Province	235,537	7.8%	225,000	3,799	62/km2 (160/sq mi)	8	99	Vanadzor
Shirak Province	251,941	8.3%	243,200	2,680	94/km2 (240/sq mi)	3	76	Gyumri
Syunik Province	141,771	4.7%	139,400	4,506	32/km2 (83/sq mi)	6	66	Kapan
Tavush Province	128,609	4.3%	125,500	2,704	48/km2 (120/sq mi)	5	35	Ijevan
Vayots Dzor Province	52,324	1.7%	50,800	2,308	23/km2 (60/sq mi)	3	26	Yeghegnadzor
Yerevan	1,060,138	35.1%	1,073,700	223	4,754/km2 (12,310/sq mi)	1	n/a	n/a

2) - List of Provinces and main cities in Armeny

Rank	City	In Armenian	Province	Founded	Population census (2011)	Population estimate (2016)	Area (km2)	Distance from Yerevan (kms)
1	Yerevan	Երևան	N/A	782 BC	1,060,138	1,073,700	223
2	Gyumri	Գյումրի	Shirak	5th century BC as Kumayri, 1837 as Alexandropol	121.976	65.7	54	126
3	Vanadzor	Վանաձոր	Lori	1828	86.199	45.2	32	125
4	Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin)	Վաղարշապատ (Էջմիածին)	Armavir	685 BC	46.54	37.7	13	20
5	Abovyan	Աբովյան	Kotayk	1963	43.495	35.4	11	11
6	Kapan	Կապան	Syunik	10th century	43.19	34.6	36	320
7	Hrazdan	Հրազդան	Kotayk	1959	41.875	32.2	22	50
8	Armavir	Արմավիր	Armavir	1931	29.319	25.9	8.51	48
9	Artashat	Արտաշատ	Ararat	1945	22.269	18.7	12	30
10	Charentsavan	Չարենցավան	Kotayk	1948	20.363	20.363	5	38
11	Masis	Մասիս	Ararat	1953	20.215	18.5	5.7	20
12	Ararat	Արարատ	Ararat	1930	20.235	18.3	6	60
13	Ijevan	Իջևան	Tavush	1780s	21.081	17.7	4.6	142
14	Gavar	Գավառ	Gegharkunik	1830	20.765	17.5	16
15	Sevan	Սևան	Gegharkunik	1842	19.229	17.2	17.75	66
16	Ashtarak	Աշտարակ	Aragatsotn	9th century	18.834	17	7.5	22
18	Artik	Արթիկ	Shirak	1939	19.534	16.8	9	105
19	Dilijan	Դիլիջան	Tavush	1544	17.712	16.6	13	100
20	Goris	Գորիս	Syunik	1870	20.591	16.3	8	250
21	Sisian	Սիսիան	Syunik	8th century BC	14.894	12.9	9	217
22	Vardenis	Վարդենիս	Gegharkunik	1830	12.685	11.6	10	168
23	Martuni	Մարտունի	Gegharkunik	1830	12.894	11.2	10	130
24	Alaverdi	Ալավերդի	Lori	1899	13.343	11	18	191
25	Spitak	Սպիտակ	Lori	17th century	12.881	11	5.6	101
26	Yeghvard	Եղվարդ	Kotayk	6th century (first mentioned)	11.672	10.9	7	30
27	Stepanavan	Ստեփանավան	Lori	1810	13.086	10.8	14	157
28	Vedi	Վեդի	Ararat	13th century (first mentioned)	11.384	10.6	5.6	49
29	Nor Hachn	Նոր Հաճն	Kotayk	1953	9.307	8.4	2.3	24
30	Byureghavan	Բյուրեղավան	Kotayk	1945	9.51	8.30	4	25
31	Metsamor	Մեծամոր	Armavir	1969	9.19	8	4	35
32	Berd	Բերդ	Tavush	10th century	7.957	6.7	3.5	211
33	Yeghegnadzor	Եղեգնաձոր	Vayots Dzor	5th century (first mentioned)	7.944	6.6	6	122
34	Tashir	Տաշիր	Lori	1844	7.773	6.5	5.6	174
35	Kajaran	Քաջարան	Syunik	1958	7.163	6.1	2.8	385
36	oshakan	Օշական	Aragatsotn			5.822		27
37	Aparan	Ապարան	Aragatsotn	2nd century (first mentioned)	6.451	5.3	3.5	59
38	Chambarak	Ճամբարակ	Gegharkunik	1830s	5.85	4.7	6	125
39	Vayk	Վայք	Vayots Dzor	1828	5.877	4.7	3	139
40	Maralik	Մարալիկ	Shirak	5th century (first mentioned)	5.398	4.5	4	105
41	Martakert	Մարտակերտ				4.5		300
42	Noyemberyan	Նոյեմբերյան	Tavush	13th century (first settled)	5.31	3.9	3.6	191
43	Talin	Թալին	Aragatsotn	2nd century (first mentioned)	5.31	3.8	7	74
44	Meghri	Մեղրի	Syunik	17th century	4.58	3.5	3	393
45	Jermuk	Ջերմուկ	Vayots Dzor	13th century (first mentioned)	4.628	3.4	5	178
46	Ashotsk	Աշոցք	Shirak			2.482		157
47	Ohanavan	Օհանավան	Aragatsotn			2.414		28
48	Ayrum	Այրում	Tavush	1937	2.126	1.4	1.6	206
49	Akhtala	Ախթալա	Lori	18th century (first mentioned)	2.092	1.3	4.3	186
50	Tumanyan	Թումանյան	Lori	1926	1.71	1	1	149
51	Tsaghkadzor	Ծաղկաձոր	Kotayk	3rd century (first mentioned)	1.256	0.9	4	79
52	Artashavan	Արտաշավան	Aragatsotn			0.624		32
53	Shamlugh	Շամլուղ	Lori	1770	700	0.5	3.6	196
54	Geghard	Գեղարդ	Kotayk			0.47		40
55	Dastakert	Դաստակերտ	Syunik	12th century (first mentioned)	323	0.25	0.5	236
56	Stepanakert	Ստեփանակերտ						330

Communities (hamaynkner)

Within each province are communities (hamaynkner, singular hamaynk). Each community is self-governing and consists of one or more settlements (bnakavayrer, singular bnakavayr). Settlements are classified as either towns (kaghakner, singular kaghak) or villages (gyugher, singular gyugh). As of June 2017, Armenia is divided into 795 communities, of which 48 are considered urban and 747 are considered rural. The capital, Yerevan, also holds the status of a community.^[3] Additionally, Yerevan is divided into twelve semi-autonomous districts.

Terminology

Armenian singular	Armenian plural	English	Comment
marz (մարզ)	marzer (մարզեր)	province	First-level
hamaynk (համայնք)	hamaynkner (համայնքներ)	community, either urban (city/town) or rural (village)	Second-level
bnakavayr	bnakavayrer	settlement (village)	Third-level
t'aghayin hamaynk (թաղային համայնք)	t'aghayin hamaynkner (թաղային համայնքներ)	neighborhood community or district	only in Yerevan, see Districts of Yerevan

3) - Districts of Yerevan

Yerevan is divided into twelve "administrative districts" (վարչական շրջաններ), each with an elected community leader. Each district is divided into unofficial neighborhoods (թաղամասեր or թաղեր). The total area of the 12 districts of Yerevan is 223 square kilometres (86 square miles).

District	Armenian	Population (2011 census)	Population (2016 estimate)	Area (km²)
Ajapnyak	Աջափնյակ	108,282	109,100	25.82
Arabkir	Արաբկիր	117,704	115,800	13.29
Avan	Ավան	53,231	53,100	7.26
Davtashen	Դավթաշեն	42,380	42,500	6.47
Erebuni	Էրեբունի	123,092	126,500	47.49
Kanaker-Zeytun	Քանաքեր-Զեյթուն	73,886	74,100	7.73
Kentron	Կենտրոն	125,453	125,700	13.35
Malatia-Sebastia	Մալաթիա-Սեբաստիա	132,900	135,900	25.16
Nork-Marash	Նորք-Մարաշ	12,049	11,800	4.76
Nor Nork	Նոր Նորք	126,065	130,300	14.11
Nubarashen	Նուբարաշեն	9,561	9,800	17.24
Shengavit	Շենգավիթ	135,535	139,100	40.6

The twelve districts of Yerevan

source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Districts_of_Yerevan