Meghri
Meghri
Մեղրի | |
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General view of Meghri and Zangezur Mountains • Holy Mother of God Church and Old Town (Mets Tagh) • Meghri waterfall • Meghri Fortress • City center • Aras river valley in Meghri | |
| Coordinates: 38°54′12″N 46°14′45″E / 38.90333°N 46.24583°E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Province | Syunik |
| Municipality | Meghri |
| Founded as Karchavan by Smbat I Bagratuni | 906 |
| Area | |
• Total | 3 km2 (1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 610 m (2,000 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 4,159 |
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AMT) |
| Website | Official website |
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Meghri (Armenian: Մեղրի [mɛʁˈɾi]; Persian: مغری) is a town and the centre of the Meghri Municipality of the Syunik Province in southern Armenia, near the border with Iran. As of the 2011 census, the population of the town was 4,580. According to the 2020 official estimate, Meghri's population is around 4,500. As of the 2022 census, the population of the town was 4,159. Meghri is located 376 km south of the capital Yerevan and 73 km south of the provincial capital Kapan.
As a result of the community mergers in 2016, the municipality of Meghri was enlarged to include the surrounding villages of Agarak, Alvank, Aygedzor, Gudemnis, Karchevan, Kuris, Lehvaz, Lichk, Nrnadzor, Shvanidzor, Tashtun, Tkhkut, Vahravar, and Vardanidzor.