Stepanavan (Population` 17681)

  • Date established – XIX
  • Population – 17681
  • Area – 5307.9 ha
  • Distance to Yerevan - 137 km
  • Distance to the province capital - 36.8 km
  • Community Services ` The city has a cultural home, 8 public schools, 2 musical and art schools, sports schools, libraries, hospital, polyclinic and sanitary-epidemiological service. It has a number of service facilities - hotels, holiday homes, and hostels. The house-museum of Stepan Shahumyan is in the city. In 1982, the construction of the Stepanavan airport was completed and it does not work at present. The direction of economic specialization is the development of small and medium businesses. The city's socio-economic prospective development is associated with tourism as a resort resort.

The administrative territory of the community includes Stepanavan and Armanis village. Stepanavan was the administrative center of the former Stepanavan district. It became a urban settlement in 1923. Previously it was the capital of the historic Tashir-Dzoragetan Kingdom, Lore Fortress, the protection of which was included in the state programs as a "Lori Berd" Historical-Cultural Reserve. In 1810, a suburb of Lore, the present-day Stepanavan region, was named after the Jalalian dynasty of Karabakh, which was here called Jalaloglu. Stepanavan was renamed in 1923 in honor of revolutionary figure Stepan Shahumyan. It is 26 km away from the regional center.

  • Community leader – Michael Ghazarakeshishyan

Community Council members

VANIK ABRAHAMYAN:
ARMEN ALEXANYAN:
ARMEN AGHABALYAN:
MIKAEL AMIRKHANYAN:
MKRTICH GRIGORYAN:
TIGRAN TUNYAN:
ARSEN HARUTYUNYAN:
DAVID CHAVROSHYAN:
ARMEN PAPINYAN:
NAREK JILAVYAN:
PETROS JILAVYAN:
HALAT REVAZYAN:
ASHOT KALANTARYAN:
RAZMIK PAPYAN:
ARMAN PAPYAN:

Community contact info

  • Municipality address - Armenia, Lori Marz, Stepanavan Sos Sargsyan St., 1 Building
  • Phone:. - +374-256-22233
  • E-mail - [email protected]
  • Web-site - stepanavan.am