Taperakan

Taperakan
Տափերական
Taperakan
Coordinates: 39°55′07″N 44°36′22″E / 39.91861°N 44.60611°E
Country Armenia
Marz (Province) Ararat
Population (2008)
  Total 3,706

Coordinates: 39°55′07″N 44°36′22″E / 39.91861°N 44.60611°E Taperakan (Armenian: Տափերական,also Romanized as Tap’erakan; formerly, Kirov[1]) is a town in the Ararat Province of Armenia. The town was formerly named for Sergey Kirov, an early Bolshevik leader.

References

  1. Kiesling, Rediscoving Armenia, p. 27, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website