Spitak

Spitak (Population` 15200)

Date established – 1937
Population – 15200
Area – 6067 ha
Distance to Yerevan - 97 km
Distance to the province capital - 19 km
Community Services ` N1 pre-school educational institution Two Preschool Educational Institution SNCO Music School Educational and Educational Institution SNCO Fine Art School Educational and Educational Institution SNCO N1 Children & Youth Sports School SNCO: Library SNCO: Culture House SNCO: Apartment Service Office HOA

Spitak's territory was an old dwelling, the history of which dates back to the second millennium BC. IV-I millennium BC. Neolithic tools and household items, stone scrapers, axes, knives, nettles, cufflinks, statues and other objects found in Spitak, formerly known as Mets Parni, Jrashen, Gogaran, Arevashogh villages, show the high public rank of these tribes.

In Spitak, in the Sardarian hill, the typical items of bronze era (3-2 th millennium BC) were discovered, copper and bronze scarves, daggers, black glazed dishwashers and other objects. The residents of the area has also grown rapidly. In the 1 st millennium, when that area came into the state of Urartu (7th century BC).

During the reign of the Yervanduni (4-2 centuries BC) and the Artashesian (2-1 centuries BC), the present territory of Spitak was part of Tashir, Armenia, later, in the province of Tashir, Gugark. At the end of the 9th century he entered the Bagratidian Kingdom, 972-1118, the Kyurikian Kingdom, and from the 12th century, the Armenian lands liberated from the Seljuk Turks in the Zakarians' power. In the 14th-18th centuries, with the north-eastern provinces of Eastern Armenia, Russia was merged with the territory of Hamamli and entered the Lori-Pambak and then in the province of Alexandrapol.

The town of Spitak, Lori Region, Armenia, until 1949 Called "Hamamlu", which probably originated from Persian(bath). Hamamlu's new name, White, is related to the lime mines around the city.

The Hamamlou region as an administrative unit was established on December 31, 1937. In 1960, Spitak got a town status, and in 1971 became a republican level city.

In Hamamli, parish schools have been functioning since the mid-19th century. Hamamlu of the Pre-Soviet Union, apart from a few forged factories, had no industrial venture from the mill and the olive grove. The residents were mainly engaged in agriculture and cattle-breeding.

Until December 7, 1988, Spitak was one of the industrial and agricultural developed cities where there were 14 industrial enterprises. There are 7 public, artistic, musical, sports schools, a technician, 10 kindergartens, a hospital, a park, a house of culture, a library, a cinema, a museum, a stadium, a communication hub and a printing house.

1988 was fatal in the life of Spitak. On December 7, as a result of the devastating earthquake, once the industrial city of the city turned into ruins, more than 4,000 people were killed.

Community leader – Gagik Sahakyan
Party affiliation – Member of Republican party of Armenia
Term in the Office - From՝ 2008

Community Council members

Manvel Khoyetsyan:
Gor Barseghyan:
Sargis Tamamyan
Razmik Tumanyan:
Tigran Hakobyan:
Lusine Matosyan:
Karen Mkhitaryan:
Grigor Nazaryan:
Hovhannes Shiroyan:
Mkrtich Shushanyan:
Garik Sahakyan:
Harutyun Sahakyan:
Varuzhan Sahakyan:
Hayk Sisakyan:

Community contact info

Municipality address - Armenia, 1804, Lori Marz, Spitak Shahumyan St., 7 Building (Spitak region)
Phone:. - (+374 255) 2-25-00
E-mail - [email protected]
Web-site - http://spitak.am

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