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Yerevan

Երևան
Ceety
Yerevan skyline wi Munt Ararat in the backgrund
Yerevan skyline wiMunt Araratin the backgrund
Banner o Yerevan
Banner
Official seal of Yerevan
Seal
Yerevan is located in Armenie
Yerevan
Yerevan
Location o Yerevan in Armenie
Coordinates:40°11′N44°31′E/ 40.183°N 44.517°E/40.183; 44.517Coordinates:40°11′N44°31′E/ 40.183°N 44.517°E/40.183; 44.517
KintraArmenie
Established782 BC
Govrenment
•MayorKaren Karapetyan
Area
• Total300 km2(100 sq mi)
Elevation
989.4 m (3,246.1 ft)
Population
(2009)
• Total1,119,000
• Density4896/km2(12,680/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+4(GMT+4)
Area code(s)+374 10
Websitewww.yerevan.am
Sources: Yerevan city area[1]Sources: City population[2]
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Erebuni
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Yerevan(Armenie:ԵրևանorԵրեւան,Armenian pronunciation:[jɛɾɛˈvɑn]) is thecaipitalan lairgest ceety oArmeniean ane o the warld'sauldest continuously-inhabitit ceeties.Situatit alang theHrazdan River,Yerevan is the admeenistrative, cultural, an industrial centre o the kintra. It haes been the caipital syne 1918, the thirteent in thehistory o Armenie.

The history o Yerevan dates back tae the 8t century BC, wi the foondin o the fortress oErebuniin 782 BC bi kingArgishti Iat the wastren extreme o theArarat plain.[3]EfterWarld War I,Yerevan became the caipital o theDemocratic Republic o Armenieas thoosans osurvivorso theArmenie Genocidesettled in the aurie. The ceety expandit rapidly durin the 20t century as Armenie became ane o thefifteen republicsin theSoviet Union.In fiftie years, Yerevan wis transformed frae a toun o a few thoosan residents athin theRoushie Empire,tae Armenie's principal cultural, airtistic, an industrial center, as well as becomin the seat o naitional govrenment.

Wi the growthe o theeconomy o the kintra,Yerevan haes been unnergoin major transformation as mony pairts o the ceety hae been the recipient o new construction syne the early 2000s, an retail ootlets sic as restaurants, shops an street cafes, which wur rare durin Soviet times, hae multiplied.

In 2009, the population o Yerevan wis estimatit tae be 1,119,000 fowk wi theagglomerationaroond the ceety regroupin 1,245,700 fowk (2007 offeecial estimate),[4]mair nor a third o aw the population o Armenie.

Sports

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The maist played an popular sport in Yerevan isfitbaa.Yerevan haes monyfitbaa clubswi five in the2010 saisono the Armenian Premier League.

Club Stadium
FC Banants Banants Stadium
Kilikia FC Hrazdan Stadium
Mika FC Mika Stadium
Pyunik FC Republican Stadium
Ulisses FC Hrazdan Stadium

Yerevan haes fower major stadiums which areBanants Stadium,Mika Stadium,Republican StadiumanHrazdan Stadium,alang wi twa sma anes;Nairi Stadiuman Erebuni Stadium. Hrazdan is the main an biggest stadium which an aa hooses a sports complex that is componed oboxinankaratetrainin facilities, soummin puil,basketbawarena an tennis courts.

The biggest indoor arena o the ceety an the whole kintra is theKaren Demirchyan Sports an Concerts Complex,which is maistly uised forFigure Skatinshows an concerts.

Armenie haes aye excelled in chess wi its players bein vera aften amang the heichest ranked an decoratit. The heidquarters o the Armenian Chess Federation is locatit in theKentron(central destrict) in Yerevan an thare exists plenty o chess clubs in the ceety. In 1996, despite a severeeconomic crisis,Yerevan hostit the32nt Chess Olympiad.[5]In 2006, the fower members frae Yerevan o the Armenie chess team wan the37t Chess OlympiadinTurinan repeatit the feat at the38t Chess OlympiadinDresden.The Yerevan-born leader o this team,Levon Aronian,is currently ane o the warld's tap chess players an is nummer sax on the Aprile 2008FIDErankins.

Internaitional relations

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Main airticle:List o twin touns an sister ceeties in Armenie

Yerevan is member o 6 internaitional organisations: the "International Assembly of CIS Countries' Capitals an Big Cities" (MAG), the "Black Sea Capitals' Association" (BSCA), the "International Association of Francophone Mayors"[6](AIMF), the "Organization of World Heritage Cities" (OWHC), the "International Association of Large-scale Communities" an the "International Urban Community Lighting Association" (LUCI).

Twin touns — sister ceeties

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Currently, Yerevan haes thirtyseester an pairtner ceeties.[7]

Ceety Kintra Year
Carrara ItalyItaly Syne 1965
Podgorica MontenegroMontenegro Syne 1974
Antananarivo MadagascarMadagascar Syne 1981
Cambridge, MA United StatesUnitit States Syne 1987[8][9]
Marseille FraunceFraunce Syne 1992
Athens GreeceGreece Syne 1993
Lyon FraunceFraunce Syne 1993[10]
Stavropol RoushieRoushie Syne 1994
Isfahan IranIran Syne 1995
Kiev UkraineUkraine Syne 1995
Moscow RoushieRoushie Syne 1995
Odessa UkraineUkraine Syne 1995
Florence ItalyItaly Syne 1996
Tbilisi Georgie (kintra)Georgie Syne 1996
Beirut LebanonLebanon Syne 1997
Damascus SirieSirie Syne 1997
Saunt Petersburg RoushieRoushie Syne 1997
Paris FraunceFraunce Syne 1998
Montreal CanadaeCanadae Syne 1998
Volgograd RoushieRoushie Syne 1998
Bratislava SlovakieSlovakie Syne 2001[11]
Minsk BelaroushieBelaroushie Syne 2002
São Paulo BrazilBrazil Syne 2002[12][13]
Chişinău MoldovaeMoldovae Syne 2005
Rostov-on-Don RoushieRoushie Syne 2005
Rio de Janeiro BrazilBrazil Syne 2007
Los Angeles United StatesUnitit States Syne 2007
Nice FraunceFraunce Syne 2007[14]
Delhi IndieIndie Syne 2008
Sofia BulgarieBulgarie Syne 2008
Shanghai Fowkrepublic o CheenaeCheenae Syne 2009
Beijing Fowkrepublic o CheenaeCheenae Syne 2011
Venice ItalyItaly Syne 2011

References

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  1. ↑ArmstatYerevan
  2. ↑"Armenia's Population"(PDF).
  3. ↑Katsenelinboĭgen, Aron (1990).The Soviet Union: Empire, Nation and Systems.New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers. p.143.ISBN0887383327.
  4. ↑"Population of each district in Yerevan according to the city's official website".Yerevan.am. Archived fraethe originalon 13 Januar 2009.Retrieved2 Julie2010.
  5. ↑"32nd Chess Olympiad: Yerevan 1996".Retrieved1 Mey2008.
  6. ↑"AIMF: Liste des membres".Archived fraethe originalon 26 October 2010.Retrieved27 December2010.
  7. ↑"Yerevan expanding its international relations"(in Armenian). © 2005-2009www.yerevan.am.Retrieved14 September2010.freemit airtin in|publisher=(help)
  8. ↑"A Message from the Peace Commission: Information on Cambridge's Sister Cities,"15 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
  9. ↑Richard Thompson."Looking to strengthen family ties with 'sister cities',"Boston Globe,12 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
  10. ↑"Partner Cities of Lyon and Greater Lyon".©2008 Mairie de Lyon. Archived fraethe originalon 19 Julie 2009.Retrieved17 Julie2009.
  11. ↑"Bratislava City - Twin Towns".©2003-2008 Bratislava-City.sk.Retrieved26 October2008.
  12. ↑Prefeitura.Sp - Descentralized CooperationArchived2008-12-24 at theWayback Machine
  13. ↑"International Relations - São Paulo City Hall - Official Sister Cities".Prefeitura.sp.gov.br.Retrieved2 Julie2010.
  14. ↑"Yerevan official web: Sister cities: Nice".Archived fraethe originalon 6 October 2013.Retrieved27 December2010.
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