Surenavan

Surenavan
Սուրենավան
Surenavan
Coordinates: 39°45′N 44°48′E / 39.750°N 44.800°E / 39.750; 44.800
Country Armenia
Province Ararat
Population (2008)
  Total 2,434

Coordinates: 39°45′N 44°48′E / 39.750°N 44.800°E / 39.750; 44.800 Surenavan (Armenian: Սուրենավան; until 1946, Avshar Mets) is a town in the Ararat Province of Armenia. The town was renamed in 1946 in honor of Suren Spandaryan, a revolutionary.[1]

References

  1. Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 30, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website
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