Aragatsotn (Armenie: Արագածոտն) is a province (marz) o Armenie.
It is in the wast o the kintra, an its caipital is Ashtarak. The name means "a fuit o Aragats" (the heichest muntain o the Republic o Armenie). Durin the Arsacid Dynasty o the Kinrick o Armenie, the region wis pairt o the Ayrarat province. It wis ruled bi the Amatuni noble family wi its caipital at Oshakan.
The region is primarily inhabitit bi Armenians but an aa haulds a significant Yazidi Kurdish minority.
Aragatsotn's wastren edge forms pairt o Armenie's border wi Turkey. It an aa borders the follaein marzer:
Aragatsotn an aa shares a sma border wi Yerevan in its soothwast atween its borders wi Kotayk an Armavir.
The province o Aragatsotn consists o the follaein 114 commonties (hamaynkner), o which 3 (bauld in the table) are considered urban an 111 are considered rural. The diveesion belaw is bi raion, the admeenistrative subdiveesions o Armenie afore 1995.
Ashtarak | Aparan | Aragats | Talin |
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