GENERAL INFO

 

Total area: 2680 km2 (9% of the total area of Armenia)

Number of communities: 42

Settlements: 131

Urban settlements: 3

• Gyumri

• Artik

• Maralik

rural settlements: 128

border settlements: 15

mountainous settlements: 47

high mountainous settlements: 39 

Shirak region is bordered by:

Georgia in the north (48 km) 

Turkey in the west (117 km)

Population: 235.400 (the 4th region in Armenia)

Urban: 138000 people

Rural: 97400 people

The center of the Region: Gyumri (population: 114.500, the second largest city in the RA)