Historical regions of Armenia - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Historical Armenia had 15 provinces. The provinces were called ashkharh , which means "world" in Armenian

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Province (ashkharh)	Armenian name	Area (km²)	Number of cantons (gavars)	Center
Upper Armenia Upper Armenia Upper Armenia is a historic region of Armenia located in present-day Turkey roughly corresponding to the modern province of Erzincan. immediately west of the Kura River. Within the borders of the Kingdom of Armenia, it was bounded by the regions of Dsopk, Taron, Tayk, and Ayrarat. It was called...	Բարձր Հայք	23,860	9	Ani Ani Ani is a ruined and uninhabited medieval Armenian city-site situated in the Turkish province of Kars, near the border with Armenia. It was once the capital of a medieval Armenian kingdom that covered much of present day Armenia and eastern Turkey...
Sophene Sophene Sophene , or ) was a province of the Armenian Kingdom and of the Roman Empire, located in the south-west of the kingdom. It currently lies in modern-day southeastern Turkey....	Ծոփք	18,890	8	Arshamashat Arsamosata Arsamosata was a city in Armenian Sophene near the Euphrates. It was founded by King Arsames I of the Orontid Dynasty in 3rd century BC. It was left and destroyed in I century BC. In Middle Ages it was called Ashmushat....
Aghdznik Aghdznik Aghdznik , also known as Altzniq or Arzanene, was a province of Greater Armenia. It covered an area of , divided into 11 districts:Angegh-homeTigranakertArznQaghKetikTatikAznvadzorErkhetqGzeghqSalnodzor*Sasun....	Աղձնիք	17,532	11	Tigranakert
Turuberan Turuberan -History:Turuberan was an Armenian region, that was part of the Kingdom of Armenia from 189 BC to 387 AD. Then it was part of Sassanid Empire, Byzantine Empire, Arab Caliphate, Kingdom of Armenia , Zakarid Armenia, Ottoman Empire. A very large Armenian population remained until 1915's Armenian...	Տուրուբերան	25,008	17	Haykashen Haykashen Haykashen is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
Moxoene Moxoene Moxoene was a province of old Armenia, today in Van province, Turkey, as well as a feudal familial name c. 400–800, also known by the name Moghk or Mox, Moxq, Moxus, Moxos, Moks, Mukus, Miks, Mikus, sometimes Mekes, as Muksî or Muskî in Kurdish, today Bahçesaray in Turkish.The settlement...	Մոկք	2,962	8	Aparanq
Corduene Corduene Corduene was an ancient region located in northern Mesopotamia and modern day Kurdish inhabited south east Turkey. It was a province of the Greater Armenia. It was referred to by the Greeks as Karduchia and by both the Greeks and Romans as Corduene...	Կորճայք	14,707	11	Mahkert
Persarmenia Persarmenia Nor-Shirakan or Persarmenia , also known as Adiabene, was part of Greater Armenia, but now situated on the western shore of Lake Urmia in northern Iran. Following the partition of Greater Armenia between the Roman Empire and Sassanid Empire in 387, the territory under Sassanid influence became to...	Պարսկահայք	11,010	9	Salmast Salmas Salmas is a city in and the capital of Salmas County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 79,560, in 19,806 families....
Vaspurakan Vaspurakan Vaspurakan was the first and biggest province of Greater Armenia, which later became an independent kingdom during the Middle Ages, centered around Lake Van...	Վասպուրական	40,870	35	Van Van, Turkey Van is a city in southeastern Turkey and the seat of the Kurdish-majority Van Province, and is located on the eastern shore of Lake Van. The city's official population in 2010 was 367,419, but many estimates put this as much higher with a 1996 estimate stating 500,000 and former Mayor Burhan...
Syunik Syunik Syunik is the southernmost province of Armenia. It borders the Vayots Dzor marz to the north, Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan exclave to the west, Karabakh to the east, and Iran to the south. Its capital is Kapan. Other important cities and towns include Goris, Sisian, Meghri, Agarak, and Dastakert...	Սյունիք	15,237	12	Baghaberd Baghaberd Baghaberd is a 4th-12th century Armenian fortress located along a ridge overlooking the Voghji River, 14 kilometers northwest from the village of Kapan in the Syunik Province of Armenia.- History :...
Artsakh Artsakh Artsakh was the tenth province of the Kingdom of Armenia from 189 BC until 387 AD and afterwards a region of Caucasian Albania from 387 to the 7th century. From the 7th to 9th centuries, it fell under Arab control...	Արցախ	11,528	12	Shushi
Paytakaran Paytakaran Paytakaran was the easternmost province of the Kingdom of Armenia. The province was located in the area of the lower courses of the rivers of Kura and Araks, adjacent to the Caspian sea. Today, the area is located in the territory of modern day southeastern Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran.-...	Փայտակարան	21,000	10	Bakurakert
Utik Utik Utik was a historic province of the Kingdom of Armenia and a region of Caucasian Albania. Most of the region is located within present-day Azerbaijan immediately west of the Kura River while a part of it lies within the Tavush province of present-day northeastern Armenia.-History:According to...	Ուտիք	11,315	8	Parnes
Gugark Gugark Gugark was the 13th province of Greater Armenia. It now comprises parts of northern Armenia, northeast Turkey, and southwest Georgia.-History:...	Գուգարք	16,795	9	Ardahan Ardahan Ardahan is a city in northeastern Turkey, near the Georgian border.-Ancient and medieval:In Ancient times the region was called Gogarene, which is assumed to derive from the name of Gugars, who were a Proto-Kartvelian tribe...
Tayk Tayk Tayk was a historical province of the Greater Armenia, one of its 15 ashkars . Tayk consisted of 8 cantons:* Kogh* Berdats por* Partizats por* Tchakatk* Bokha* Vokaghe* Azordats por* Arsiats por....	Տայք	10,179	8	Boghberd
Ayrarat Ayrarat Ayrarat was a province of old Armenia . The main city was Oshakan. It is believed that the name Ayrarat is the Armenian equivalent of the toponym Urartu ....	Այրարատ	40,105	22	Armavir Armavir, Armenia Armavir is a city located in western Armenia. The 1989 census reported that the city had a total population of 46,900, but this has declined considerably: the 2001 census counted 32,034; estimate for 2008 is 26,387. It is the capital of the Armavir province . The city of Armavir in Russia, founded...
Greater Armenia	Մեծ Հայք	280,998	189	Armavir Armavir, Armenia Armavir is a city located in western Armenia. The 1989 census reported that the city had a total population of 46,900, but this has declined considerably: the 2001 census counted 32,034; estimate for 2008 is 26,387. It is the capital of the Armavir province . The city of Armavir in Russia, founded...

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