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Dimitrov, Armenia

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40°00′29″N 44°29′17″E / 40.00806°N 44.48806°E / 40.00806; 44.48806

Dimitrov
Դիմիտրով
Dimitrov is located in Armenia
Dimitrov
Dimitrov
Dimitrov is located in Ararat
Dimitrov
Dimitrov
Coordinates: 40°00′29″N 44°29′17″E / 40.00806°N 44.48806°E / 40.00806; 44.48806
CountryArmenia
ProvinceArarat
MunicipalityArtashat
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
1,391[1]
Time zoneUTC+4
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5

Dimitrov (Armenian: Դիմիտրով), or Ghuylasar Nerkin until 1949,[2] is a village in the Artashat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia.

Monument to Georgi Dimitrov in Dimitrov village

It was renamed in 1949 in honor of Georgi Dimitrov − Comintern and Bulgarian Communist leader and prime minister of Bulgaria.

The village is inhabited mainly by Armenians and Assyrians.

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