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Syunik

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Province
Location of Syunik within Armenia
Location of Syunik within Armenia
Country  Armenia
Capital
and largest city		 Kapan
Area
 • Total 4,506 km2 (1,740 sq mi)
Area rank 2nd
Highest elevation
3,904 m (12,808 ft)
Lowest elevation
380 m (1,250 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total 141,771
 • Rank 8th
 • Density 31.463/km2 (81.488/sq mi)
Time zone AMT (UTC+04)
Postal code
3201–3519
ISO 3166 code AM-SU
FIPS 10-4 AM08
HDI (2017) 0.757
high · 3rd
Website Official website: http://syunik.mtad.am/

Syunik is the southernmost province of Armenia. It is bordered by the Vayots Dzor Province from the north, Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic exclave from the west, the de facto independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic from the east, and Iran from the south. Its capital and largest city is the town of Kapan. The National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia (ARMSTAT) reported its population was 141,771 in the 2011 census, down from 152,684 at the 2001 census.

Historically, Syunik was one of the 15 provinces of the Kingdom of Armenia. It was part of the Persian Empire around 369.

Syunik is home to many of Armenia's largest mining operations. There are 7 urban communities and 102 rural communities.

Images for kids

  • Arevik National Park and Meghri mountains in winter

    Arevik National Park at the mountains of Syunik

  • Kaputdzukh 1991

    Mount Kaputjugh (3905 m.)

  • Goris panoráma

    The town of Goris among the mountains of Zangezur

  • Baghaberd

    Baghaberd fortress of the 4th century

  • Tatev Monastery from a distance

    Tatev Monastery, 8th century

  • Arcax

    Syunik and Artsakh until the 9th century

  • Vorotnavank Monastery 2011-2

    Vorotnavank monastic complex of the 10th century

  • Meliq Tangi bridge 3

    Melik Tangi Bridge of 1855 near Sisian

  • Mountainous Armenia 1921

    The Republic of Mountainous Armenia from December 1920 to June 1921, mainly occupying modern-day Syunik

  • Հուշարձան՝ Երկրորդ աշխարհամարտում զոհվածների

    World War II memorial near Kapan built during the 1970s

  • ԳԱՐԵԳԻՆ ՆԺԴԵՀ, Կապան

    Garegin Nzhdeh's memorial near Kapan, opened in 2001

  • St. Grigor Lusavorich Church in Goris

    Cathedral of Saint Gregory in Goris, the seat of the Diocese of Syunik of the Armenian Church

  • Karahunj (Zorats Karer)5

    Zorats Karer

  • Vorotnavank 205

    Vorotnavank monastery

  • Kajaran Mine

    The open-pit copper-molybdenum mine of Kajaran

  • Wings of Tatev View

    The view from the Wings of Tatev cableway

  • Shikahogh state reserve, Syunik, Armenia

    Shikahogh State Reserve

  • Kapan, Gandzasar FC training grounds

    Gandzasar Kapan Training Centre

  • Dastakert town2

    Dastakert

  • 455 La ville de Goris

    Goris

  • Kajaran

    Kajaran

  • Meghri

    Meghri

  • Sisian general

    Sisian

  • Stone Pyramids in Goris

    The "stone-pyramids" of Goris

  • Զանգեզուրի արգելավայր 1 (3)

    Zangezur Sanctuary

  • Shaki Waterfall

    Shaki Waterfall

  • KapanGareginNzhdeh

    Monument to Garegin Nzhdeh and mount Khustup near Kapan

  • 2014 Prowincja Sjunik, Krajobraz widziany z drogi M2 pomiędzy Goris a Szaki (05)

    The landscape as seen from the M-2 Motorway between Goris and Shaki

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Provincia de Syunik' para niños

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