Araks
Araks, is a village with 1,651 inhabitants (2011) in the western part of the Armavir Province of Armenia.
Araks, is a village with 1,651 inhabitants (2011) in the western part of the Armavir Province of Armenia. It was founded as a state farm in 1940. The Battle of Sardarapat of 1918, took place near the village of Araks. In 1968, the Sardarapat Battle Memorial was erected on the site of the battle. Additionally there is the state owned Armenia Ethnography Museum.
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Worth seeing in and around Araks
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Ancient Argishtikhinili
Argištiḫinili was a town in the ancient kingdom of Urartu, established during the expansion of the Urartians in the Transcaucasus under their king Argishti I, and named in his honour. It lasted between the 8th and 6th centuries BC. The ruins of the Argištiḫinili fortifications are 15 kilometres southwest of the present-day town of Armavir, Armenia, between the villages of Nor-Armavir and Armavir in the Armenian marz of Armavir.
3.4 km · cultural heritage monument of Armenia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Araks
- Airports
- Zvartnots (EVN), 39 km · Shirak (LWN), 74 km · Nakhchivan (NAJ), 164 km
- Gyumri → Araks78 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · $9–12
- Nakhchivan → AraksTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Tbilisi → Araks187 km · quickest by road, 5h 53m · ₾31–42
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Araks
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Araks. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Araks – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Araks
Araks is 49 km from Yerevan, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Nor Armavirvillage in Armavir Province of Armenia3.4 km
- Amasiavillage in Armavir Province of Armenia1.7 km
- Lenughivillage in Armavir Province of Armenia3.6 km
- Hushakertvillage in Armavir Province of Armenia2.5 km