Ararat (village), Armenia

Ararat () is a village in the Ararat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia, located 14 km south of the provincial centre Artashat. In the 2011 census, the village had a population of 7,609.

It hosted to the first CYMA – Canadian Youth Mission to Armenia led by Ronald Alepian in 1993. The village is home to the Vazgen Sargsyan House-Museum.

Famous natives

• Vazgen Sargsyan, assassinated Prime Minister of Armenia.
• Aram Sargsyan, former Prime Minister of Armenia.

References

• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census