Dimitrov, Armenia
Coordinates: 40°00′29″N 44°29′17″E / 40.00806°N 44.48806°E
Dimitrov
Դիմիտրով | |
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Dimitrov | |
Coordinates: 40°00′29″N 44°29′17″E / 40.00806°N 44.48806°E | |
Country | Armenia |
Marz (Province) | Ararat |
Population (2008) | |
• Total | 1,317 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( ) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+5 ( ) |
Dimitrov (Armenian: Դիմիտրով; until 1949, Ghuylasar Nerkin[1]) is a village in the Ararat Province of Armenia.
It is renamed in 1949 in honor of Georgi Dimitrov − Comintern and Bulgarian Communist leader and prime minister of Bulgaria.
The village is inhabited mainly by Armenians and Assyrians.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, at the US embassy to Armenia's website Archived June 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
External links[]
- Dimitrov, Armenia at GEOnet Names Server
- World Gazetteer: Armenia[dead link] – World-Gazetteer.com
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census
Categories:
- Ararat (province) geography stubs
- Populated places in Ararat Province
- Assyrian settlements
- Assyrians in Armenia
- Georgi Dimitrov