List of renamed cities in Armenia
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The following is the list of cities in Armenia
that underwent a name change in the past.
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
that underwent a name change in the past.
- Akhta → HrazdanHrazdanHrazdan is the capital of the Kotayk province of Armenia. The name Hrazdan is derived from the Middle-Persian name Frazdan. Farzdan is connected to the Zoroastrian mythology. With a population of 52,900 it is the fifth-largest city in Armenia by population. It has lost significant population since...
- Alagyoz → Tsakhkahovit → Aragats (1950)
- Artashat → Verin Ghamarlu → ArtashatArtashatArtashat , is a city on Araks River in the Ararat valley, 30 km southeast of Yerevan. Being one of the oldest cities of Armenia, Artashat is the capital of Ararat Province. Modern Artashat is situated on the Yerevan-Nakhichevan-Baku and Nakhichevan-Tabriz railway and on...
(1945) - Basarkechar → VardenisVardenisVardenis .The town of Vardenis occupies the south-eastern corner of Gegharkunik province of the Republic of Armenia. The town is located in the valley of the Masrik river, on the territory of the Masrik artesian basin at a height of 1943 meters above sea level. It is 170 km from the capital...
(1945) - Dadakishlag → Akhundov → Punik
- Davalou → AraratArarat, ArmeniaArarat is a city in Armenia in the province of Ararat, about 42 km northwest of Yerevan.The Ararat Cement Factory has been opened in 1927 along with small apartments to accommodate the workers. In 1935, it was incorporated with the village of Davalu. In 1939 the town of Ararat was officially...
(1935) - Dyuzkand → AkhuryanAkhuryanAkhuryan is a village and rural community in the Shirak Province of Armenia. The National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia reported its population was 9,643 in 2010, down from 9,696 at the 2001 census....
(1950) - Geryusi → GorisGorisGoris is a city in the Syunik Marz of Armenia. Located in the valley of river Goris , it is about 240 km away from the Armenian capital Yerevan and 70 km from the Syunik Marz center Kapan. Goris forms an urban community...
(1924) - Hamamlou → SpitakSpitakSpitak is a city in northern Armenia located in the Lori region with a population of 18,237. It was mostly destroyed by the devastating Spitak Earthquake in 1988, and was subsequently rebuilt in a slightly different location. Spitak means '"White" in Armenian....
(1948) - İravan → Yerevan
- Jalaloghlou → StepanavanStepanavanStepanavan is the second largest city in Lori Province of Armenia. The town is located 139 km north of the capital Yerevan and 24 km north of the provincial centre Vanadzor, in the centre of Yerevan-Tbilisi highway....
(1930) - Kafan → KapanKapan-Notable landmarks:*Vahanavank monastery*Baghaberd and Halidzor Fortresses.*Tatev Monastery - This monastery, situated northwest of Kapan was founded in the ninth century in the place of an ancient tabernacle well-known in ancient times...
(1990) - Karaklis → Kirovakan (1935) → VanadzorVanadzor-Industry:Vanadzor is dominated by large chemical plants which include: "Prometey-Khimprom", "Vanadzor Chemical Plant", "Vanadzor Khimprom" and "Vanadzor Chemical Fiber Plant". Another big enterprise is the "Vanadzor Thermal Power Plant....
(1993) - Krasnoselsk → ChambarakChambarakChambarak is a town in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. Chambarak was founded in 1835-40 on the Getik River by Russian immigrants, with the name Mikhaylovka...
(1993) - Kumayri → Alexandropol (1840) → Gümrü → Leninakan (1924) → GyumriGyumriGyumri is the capital and largest city of the Shirak Province in northwest Armenia. It is located about 120 km from the capital Yerevan, and, with a population of 168,918 , is the second-largest city in Armenia.The name of the city has been changed many times in history...
(1990) - Kyavar → Novo-Bayazet/Nor Bayazet (1830) → Kamo (1959) → GavarGavarGavar , is a city and the provincial capital of the Armenian province of Gegharkunik. It was known as Nor Bayezet or Novyi Bayazet until 1959, then Kamo until 1996...
(1996) - Lusavan → CharentsavanCharentsavanCharentsavan is a city located in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. Its population of 19,708 people at the 2001 census has since declined. The city was founded in 1948, and renamed in 1967 in honor of the poet Yeghishe Charents.- References :...
(1967) - Nerkin Karanlough → MartuniMartuni, ArmeniaMartuni is a city located in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. It is near Lake Sevan which is a largest lake in the Caucasus. Its population is estimated to be 11,987 as of 2008...
(1926) - Sardarabad/Sardarapat → Hoktemberyan (1932) → ArmavirArmavir, ArmeniaArmavir is a city located in western Armenia. The 1989 census reported that the city had a total population of 46,900, but this has declined considerably: the 2001 census counted 32,034; estimate for 2008 is 26,387. It is the capital of the Armavir province . The city of Armavir in Russia, founded...
(1992) - Soylan → Azizbekov (1956) → VaykVaykVayk and Soylan prior to 1956) is a town in the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia.One km east of the town is a bridge rebuilt by General Paskevich in 1827.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
(1994) - Nubarashen → Sovetashen → NubarashenNubarashenNubarashen is a district of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. It is situated southeast of the city centre.- History :In 1930, by the support and sponsorship of the founder and president of the AGBU Egyptian-Armenian benefactor Boghos Nubar was decided to build a town with name Nubarashen...
- Uloukhanlou → Narimanlou → Zangibasar → Razdan → MasisMasis (city)Masis , incorporating the former villages of Narimanlu, Zangibasar, and Ulukhanlu, is a town in Armenia in Ararat Province , located on the left bank of the Hrazdan River, 14km south of Yerevan. The city has a large railroad commodity station that serves Yerevan and which was, until the closing of...
- Vagharshapat → EchmiadzinEchmiadzinMother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin is a 4th century Armenian church in the town of Ejmiatsin, Armenia. It is also the central cathedral of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin of the Armenian Apostolic Church....
(1941) - Vorontsovka → Kalinino (1937) → TashirTashirTashir is a town located in Lori province . Population -7856.0 Territory- 79.5 sq. km. It is a city in the district of Tashir, administrative centre of previous district of Kalinino. Distance from regional centre is 42 km...
(1991)