Martuni | |
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 Martuni at dusk | |
  Martuni Location o Martuni in Armenie | |
| Coordinates:40°08′24″N45°18′23″E /40.14000°N 45.30639°E /40.14000; 45.30639 | |
| Kintra Marz |  ArmenieGegharkunik |
| Elevation | 1509.3696 m (4,952.0000 ft) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Metro | 11,987 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (GMT+4) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (GMT+5) |
Martuni (Մարտունի,Romanised asMartuny an aw; oreeginally,Mets Kznut, frae 1830-1922,Karanlug,Nerkin Karanlukh,Nerkin Gharanlugh, anRoushifee'd asNizhniy-Karanlug) is a ceety locatit in theGegharkunik Province (marz) oArmenie. It is nearLake Sevan whilk is a lairgest lake in theCaucasus. Its population is estimatit tae be 11,987 as o 2008. In auncient times it wis kent as Mets Kznut, but frae 1830-1922 it wis cried Nerkin Gharanlugh an in 1926 it wis chyngit tae Martuni in honour o the first Soviet premier o Armenie,Aleksandr Myasnikyan, whasenom de guerre wis "Martuni". Martuni wis the umwhile caipital o Gegharkunik Province. Martuni haes a kirk cried Astvatsatsin kirk whilk wis rebuilt in 1886. There is an Iron Age fort excavatit in 1997 bi an Armenie-Italian team an aw.
Caipital:Gavar | ||
| Gavar |  | |
| Sevan | ||
| Chambarak | ||
| Martuni | ||
| Vardenis | ||
