![]() ![]() The climate within the territory of the province is highly diversified. Araks, Hrazdan, Azat and Vedi, are the 4 major rivers the flow through the province. The lowest point is 801 meters at the Araks valley. The highest point of Ararat province is the Spitakasar peak of Gegham mountains with a height of 3560 meters. Approximately, 30% of the territory is plain, while the rest is dominated by mountains. The mountains of Yerakh are located at the centre of the province. The province is located at the southeast of the Ararat plain, surrounded by the Yeranos mountains from the north, the mountains of Gegham, Dahnak and Mzhkatar from the east, Urts mountains from the south and the Araks river from the west. It is also home to the Khor Virap monastery, significant as the place of Gregory the Illuminator's 13-year imprisonment and the closest point to Mount Ararat within Armenian borders. Two former capitals of Armenia are located in the modern-day Ararat Province, Artaxata and Dvin. Domestically, Ararat is bordered by Armavir Province from the northwest, Kotayk Province from the north, Gegharkunik Province from the east, Vayots Dzor Province from the southeast and the city of Yerevan from the north. It surrounds the Karki exclave of Nakhichevan which has been controlled by Armenia since its capture in May 1992 during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. It is bordered by Turkey from the west and Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic from the south. The province is named after the biblical Mount Ararat. Its capital and largest city is the town of Artashat. ![]() Ararat ( Armenian: Արարատ, Armenian pronunciation: ( listen)), is a province ( marz) of Armenia. ![]()
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