Ashtarak

Ashtarak is a town and urban municipal community in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia, located on the left bank of Kasagh River along the gorge, northwest of the capital Yerevan. It is the executive centre of the Aragatsotn province. Ashtarak is an vital crossroad of routes for the Yerevan–Gyumri–Vanadzor rectangle. The town plays a extraordinary position inside the country wide financial system in addition to the cultural existence of Armenia through numerous business firms and cultural institutions. It has developed as a satellite tv for pc city of Yerevan.

The nearby village of Mughni is a part of the Ashtarak municipality. As of the 2011 census, the population of the town became 18,834. However, as per the 2016 reliable estimate, the populace of Ashtarak is 18,000. The prelacy of the Diocese of Aragatsotn of the Armenian Apostolic Church is established in Ashtarak. According to Movses Khorenatsi, Aramaniak -the son of the patriarch and founder of the Armenian country Hayk- along together with his clan, settled in the region of contemporary-day Aragatsotn. The cemeteries of Verin Naver archaeological web site -placed three km west of Ashtarak- are courting lower back to the period between the 24th and 14th centuries BC.