Artashat (Armenia)

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former capital city populated place town

Artashat is a historic town in Armenia, located in the Ararat Province, known as one of the country’s ancient capitals and a regional cultural center.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Artashat 1
Artashat (Armenia) canonical 1
Artashat Municipality 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former capital city ⓘ
populated place ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeStatus urban community ⓘ
ancientName Artaxata ⓘ
archaeologicalSiteNearby ancient city of Artaxata ruins ⓘ
capitalFromCentury 2nd century BC ⓘ
capitalToCentury 4th century AD ⓘ
climate continental climate ⓘ
country Armenia ⓘ
distanceToYerevan_km approximately 30 ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
food processing ⓘ
light industry ⓘ
foundedBy Artaxias I ⓘ
surface form: King Artaxias I of Armenia
foundedInCentury 2nd century BC ⓘ
foundedInYearApprox 176 BC ⓘ
geographicFeature Ararat plain ⓘ
surface form: located on Ararat plain
hasCulturalInstitution cultural houses ⓘ
theatres ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution schools ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding Armenian Apostolic churches ⓘ
hasStatus regional administrative center ⓘ
historicalRegion Ararat plain ⓘ
isCapitalOf Ararat Province ⓘ
knownFor being one of the ancient capitals of Armenia ⓘ
regional cultural center ⓘ
languageMajority Armenian language ⓘ
surface form: Armenian
locatedIn Ararat Province ⓘ
South Caucasus ⓘ
Western Asia ⓘ
locatedNear Mount Ararat ⓘ
Yerevan, Armenia ⓘ
surface form: Yerevan
locatedOnRiver Araz River ⓘ
surface form: Araks River
majorChurch Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
majorReligion Christianity ⓘ
namedAfter Artaxias I ⓘ
nationalAffiliation Armenia ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Armenia
partOf Artashat (Armenia) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Artashat Municipality
populationEstimate around 20000–25000 ⓘ
region Ayrarat ⓘ
surface form: Ararat Marz
scriptUsed Armenian alphabet ⓘ
servedAs capital of the Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
timeZone UTC+4 ⓘ
timeZoneDST UTC+5 (historically observed) ⓘ
transportConnection highway link to Yerevan ⓘ
roads to Ararat and Vedi ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Clamart → twinnedWith → Artashat (Armenia) ⓘ
Artashat (Armenia) → partOf → Artashat (Armenia) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Artashat
this entity surface form: Artashat Municipality
Ararat plain → majorCityOnPlain → Artashat (Armenia) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Artashat