Martuni, Armenia

For the village of the same name located on the northern side of Lake Sevan, see Martuni (village).

Martuni Մարտունի
Martuni at dusk
Martuni Մարտունի Location of Martuni in Armenia
Coordinates: 40°08′24″N 45°18′23″E / 40.14°N 45.30639°E / 40.14; 45.30639
Country Marz	Armenia Gegharkunik
Government
- Mayor	Bagrat Harutyunyan
Elevation	1,509.3696 m (4,952 ft)
Population (2008)
- Metro	11,987
Time zone	GMT+4 (UTC+4)
- Summer (DST)	GMT+5 (UTC+5)

Coordinates: 40°08′24″N 45°18′23″E / 40.14°N 45.30639°E / 40.14; 45.30639

Martuni (Armenian: Մարտունի, also Romanized as Martuny; originally, Mets Kznut, from 1830-1922, Karanlug, Nerkin Karanlukh, Nerkin Gharanlugh, and Russified as Nizhniy-Karanlug) is a city located in the Gegharkunik Province (marz) of Armenia. It is near Lake Sevan which is a largest lake in the Caucasus. Its population is estimated to be 11,987 as of 2008. In ancient times it was known as Mets Kznut, but from 1830-1922 it was called Nerkin Gharanlugh and in 1926 it was changed to Martuni in honor of the first Soviet premier of Armenia, Aleksandr Myasnikyan, whose nom de guerre was "Martuni". Martuni was the former capital of Gegharkunik Province. Martuni has a church called Astvatsatsin church which was rebuilt in 1886. There is also an Iron Age fort excavated in 1997 by an Armenian-Italian team.

Sports

• Alashkert Martuni (football club)

References

• Martuni, Armenia at GEOnet Names Server
• World Gazeteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia
• Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 45; original archived at Archive.org, and current version online on Armeniapedia.org.