Alashkert, Armenia

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Coordinates: 40°06′48″N 44°03′19″E / 40.11333°N 44.05528°E / 40.11333; 44.05528

Alashkert
Ալաշկերտ
Alashkert
Coordinates: 40°06′48″N 44°03′19″E / 40.11333°N 44.05528°E / 40.11333; 44.05528
Country Armenia
Marz (Province) Armavir
Population (2008)
  Total 1,752
Time zone   (UTC+4)
  Summer (DST)   (UTC)

Alashkert (Armenian: Ալաշկերտ); known as Kyarimarkh until 1935, is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It was known as Sovetakan between 1935 and 2008. In 2008, the village was renamed Alashkert, after the historic Western Armenian town of Alashkert.

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