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Yerevan

#287 in World

Armenia

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© Սէրուժ Ուրիշեան (Serouj Ourishian)CC BY 4.0
Population
1.1M
Coordinates
40.1811, 44.5136
Category
cities

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Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia, as well as one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial centre of the country, as its primate city. It has been the capital since 1918, the fourteenth in the history of Armenia and the seventh located in or around the Ararat Plain.

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