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Aygek (Armenian: Այգեկ) is a village and a rural community in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It is located 8 km west of the capital Yerevan and 36 km east of the provincial centre Armavir. It has an elevation of 870 metres above sea level.[1] The majority of the village are Armenian migrants from Iran.

Aygek Այգեկ
Aygek
Coordinates: 40°11′19″N 44°23′00″E
Country	Armenia
Marz (Province)	Armavir
Founded	1946
Area
• Total	4.26 km2 (1.64 sq mi)
Elevation	870 m (2,850 ft)
Population  (2009)
• Total	1,178
Time zone	UTC+4 ( )
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5 ( )

The village is only 16 km away from the Armenian-Turkish border line.

See also

• Armavir Province

References

• Aygek at GEOnet Names Server
• World Gazeteer: Armenia^{[dead link]} – World-Gazetteer.com
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
• Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 34; original archived at Archive.org, and current version online on Armeniapedia.org.

На других языках

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- [en] Aygek

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[ru] Айгек

Айгек (арм. Այգեկ) — село в Армавирской области Армении. Основано в 1946 году. Своё современное название получило 25 января 1978 года[1].

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