Taperakan

Taperakan
Տափերական
Taperakan
Coordinates: 39°55′07″N 44°36′22″E / 39.91861°N 44.60611°E / 39.91861; 44.60611
Country Armenia
Marz (Province) Ararat
Population (2008)
  Total 3,706

Coordinates: 39°55′07″N 44°36′22″E / 39.91861°N 44.60611°E / 39.91861; 44.60611 Taperakan (Armenian: Տափերական,also Romanized as Tap’erakan; formerly, Kirov[1]) is a town in the Ararat Province of Armenia. The town used to be named for Sergey Kirov, an early Bolshevik leader.

References

  1. Kiesling, Rediscoving Armenia, p. 27, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website
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