Communities Association of Armenia

Kajaran (Population` 8439)

Date established – 1958
Population – 8439
Area – 280 ha
Distance to Yerevan - 345 km
Distance to the province capital - 22 km
Community Services ` secondary schools in the community that have been completely renovated and equipped with a local heating system, 2 pre-school establishments, one of which is under the subordination of the community, and the other one, ZCMC, CJSC; The town also operates in Kajaran Vocational School, SNCO, Kajaran Art Children's School, SNCO, as well as Qajaran State Pedagogical University; The cultural programs of the city are being implemented by the culture of Kajaran community and are being held in the Kajaran Cultural Palace; In the city, the environmental organization Kenya, which implements environmentally-friendly projects, is constantly supporting Kajaran medical center upgrading and upgrading, Kajaran,

From the ancient times, Kajaran is a testimony to the pagan temple of Gandzasar, the pagan temple of the 1950s, the foundations of the city, the foundations of the foundry, and the ore extraction. They prove that they had copper in the Kajaran area still in the Bronze Age.
The city's territory was part of the historic province of Dzorqun in the province of Syunik.
After the collapse of the state of Arshakuni (428), all the Zangezur was merged with Iran, at the end of the seventh century the Arabs occupied the IX-X centuries in the Kingdom of Bagratuni, and in the X-XI century as an independent Syunik kingdom. Baghaberd, one of the largest defense structures in historic Armenia, is located in the territory of Kaganat Andokavan district; 1170 With the fall of Baghaberd (with the betrayal of the Gandzak Seljuks, headed by Stalin), the kingdom of Syunyats disappeared.
The XI-XII centuries brought he Seljuks, the XIII-XIV centuries, the Mongols, the Kara-Kyunlu and the Turkic tribes of Ak-Koyunlu, and from the XVI century the Persians; In the 20-ies of the XVIII century, the inhabitants of the area participated in the liberation struggle led by David-Beck.
1828 By the Treaty of Turkmenchaya, it joins Russia, entering the province of Karabakh first, then in the province of Elizavetpol; The first exploration of the city's subsoil is by G. Abih, in 1835. In 1850 the Greeks built a copper smelter. In 1918-1921 city entered the first Armenian republic; Residents actively participated in the liberation struggle led by Garegin Nzhdeh.
After confirmation of the Soviet order, in 1939-45 a detailed study of the subsoil was carried out; Since 1945 Gandzasar copper and molybdenum mine is being exploited, and in 1952, ZCMC, CJSC is operating.
The formation of Qajaran as a city is linked to the exploitation of the mine and the creation of a plant; In 1958, the town of Qajaran and the village of Voghji became the city of Kajaran with a population of 11,000, the main plan of which was developed in 1965 by architects A. Harutyunyan, H. Davtyan et al. /