Yerazgavors

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Coordinates: 40°42′N 43°46′E / 40.700°N 43.767°E / 40.700; 43.767

Yerazgavors
Երազգավորս
Yerazgavors
Coordinates: 40°42′N 43°46′E / 40.700°N 43.767°E / 40.700; 43.767
Country Armenia
Marz (Province) Shirak
Population (2008)
  Total 1,395
Time zone   (UTC+4)
  Summer (DST)   (UTC+5)

Yerazgavors (Armenian: Երազգավորս, also Romanized as Erazgavors; formerly, Aralykh) is a town in the Shirak Province of Armenia. In 892, King Smbat I was crowned at Yerazgavors. The new town was relocated a few km further east from its original location.

Etymology

See Erazgawors for etymology.

References

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