40°00′29″N 44°29′17″E / 40.00806°N 44.48806°E / 40.00806; 44.48806

Dimitrov
Դիմիտրով
Dimitrov is located in Armenia
Dimitrov
Dimitrov
Dimitrov is located in Ararat
Dimitrov
Dimitrov
Coordinates: 40°00′29″N 44°29′17″E / 40.00806°N 44.48806°E / 40.00806; 44.48806
CountryArmenia
ProvinceArarat
MunicipalityArtashat
Population
 (2008)
  Total1,317
Time zoneUTC+4
  Summer (DST)UTC+5

Dimitrov (Armenian: Դիմիտրով), or Ghuylasar Nerkin until 1949,[1] is a village in the Artashat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia.

Monument to Georgi Dimitrov in Dimitrov village

It was renamed in 1949 in honor of Georgi DimitrovComintern and Bulgarian Communist leader and prime minister of Bulgaria.

The village is inhabited mainly by Armenians and Assyrians.

References

  1. Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, at the US embassy to Armenia's website Archived June 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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