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  ARMENIA: REPORT ON GHEGHARKUNIK PROVINCE
Of the ten provinces formed in 1995 during the reform of Armenia's territorial administrative division, Gegharkunik is the largest.
Gegharkunik province is known for its severe winters, with an average temperature of minus 20-25 centigrade, and mild summer seasons with an average temperature of 20-25 centigrade.
22 percent of Armenia's arable lands and 33 percent of its pasture lands are in Gegharkunik.
www.bisnis.doc.gov /bisnis/bisdoc/011227armgheg.htm   (1464 words)

  
 Rediscovering Armenia Guidebook- Gegharkunik Marz - Armeniapedia.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Gegharkunik Marz, comprised of the four former rayons of Sevan, Martuni, Vardenis, and Krasnosyelsk, is dominated by Lake Sevan and the watershed of the numerous streams that flow into it and out down the Hrazdan River to the Arax.
At the time of the Russian conquest in 1828, Gegharkunik's population was almost entirely Muslim, much of it Kurdish or Turkmen transhumant tribes.
Gegharkunik (1693 p, till 1946 Bashkend) is the end of the road, except for jeep trails leading up to the summer pastures of the Geghama range.
www.armeniapedia.org /index.php?title=Rediscovering_Armenia_Guidebook-_Gegharkunik_Marz   (5841 words)

  
 Government of Republic of Armenia
The NHDS in Gegharkunik comprised of 500 households from 5 towns and 22 rural communities, thus including around 25 percent of the total urban and rural population in the marz.
It is well known that Gegharkunik has taken in a large number of refugees, who had a huge impact on the overall social conditions in the marz by increasing the number of vulnerable population.
Based on screening conducted jointly by Gegharkunik marz government and Ministry of Defense, 18 apartments were allocated to these families, and based on joint screening of Geghrakunik marz government and Karagyozyan Foundation another 40 apartments were allocated.
www.gov.am /enversion/programms_9/ahrc/ahrc_mshtakan_gorc_9_7.htm   (2637 words)

  
 Regions - ARMENIA Information
Studded with mountains and the sun-kissed shores of Lake Sevan, Gegharkunik is enticing with a rich palette of history, culture and natural beauty.
For bird-watchers, Gegharkunik is a veritable treasure trove given the plethora of different kinds of birds in the region, including several loons, grebes, and the great cormorant, pelicans, herons and the famous Armenian Artsatapajl Voror.
The Gegharkunik landscape is dotted with impressive churches.
www.armeniainfo.am /sites?section=regions_desc&site_id=4   (437 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
GEGHARKUNIK REGION — the center of the region is GAVAR — 60km
The region of Gegharkunik is situated in the Eastern part of Armenia at an altitude of 1500-1900 m above sea level.
It is an important industrial center of the Sevan basin, situated in the Eastern slopes of Geghama mountain chain.
www.simatours.com /simatours/gegharkunik.html   (68 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Gegharkunik ADP funded by World Vision US is located in the eastern part of Armenia.
The Gegharkunik region is considered to be one of the poorest in the country, where extreme poverty is at the forefront of everyone's daily existance.
Presently the ADP targets 12 rural communities in Vardenis and Tsambarak, mostly populated by refugees displaced from Azerbaijan due to the ethnic tensions caused by the Karabagh conflict.
www.wvarmenia.am /gegharkunik.htm   (319 words)

  
 E-book   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The overall perinatal mortality rate for the country is 29 per 1,000, and again, the rate for the rural areas exceed those in the cities (4).
It is well known that the health care that a mother receives during pregnancy and at the time of delivery is important for the survival and well-being of both the mother and the child.
Data from a country-wide survey show that overall, women in Gegharkunik are significantly less likely to receive high-quality antenatal care than women residing in other regions (4).
chsr.aua.am /e-book/chapter.asp?id=30   (3313 words)

  
 Earthquake damages refugee villages in the Gegharkunik ADP area   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The epicenter was roughly 24 kilometres east of the district centre, Vartenis.
In order to lighten this burden, the Gegharkunik ADP undertook a quick response project, providing warm GIK clothing to 1,000 people affected by the disaster, with a further 2,000 people being targeted to receive assistance in the coming week.
The World Vision US-funded Gegharkunik ADP was established in October, with actual child sponsorship due to start in 2006.
www.wvarmenia.am /News/vartenis_earthquake.htm   (671 words)

  
 "VivaCell" To Cover Armenia With Mobile Communication Network Before Winter - Armenia Diaspora Conference Official Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
According to him, the company has started work in Gegharkunik and will try to cover the entire region with mobile communication before September.
In his turn, Gegharkunik Governor Stepan Barseghyan pointed out the paramount importance of the company's coming to the region.
Barseghyan said that Gegharkunik is the largest region of Armenia, and VivaCell will make it possible to keep touch with communities, enterprises and population.
www.armeniadiaspora.com /ADC/news.asp?id=31   (275 words)

  
 News & Events ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The event was welcomed by Stepan Barseghyan, Head of Gegharkunik Marz, Gevorg Malkhasyan, Mayor of Sevan, Kathleen McDonald, USAID representative and Hripsime Kirakosyan, President of Mission Armenia.
Among the guests also there were other state officials of Gegharkunik Marz, representatives of US embassy in Armenia and many international organizations.
The Community Center of Gegharkunik Marz is a complex center including a Social Services Compartment, a Soup Kitchen, a Health Post, a Training Resource Compartment and other infrastructures providing social and health care assistance to the vulnerable older and refugee persons of the Marz.
www.mission.am /news_events/news.php?ID=44   (411 words)

  
 Home Page of Gavar Special School - Gavar, Gegharkunik, Republic of Armenia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
This site's purpose is to keep individuals and organizations who care about the school informed of the school's activities.
The mission of the Gavar Special School is to provide educational and life skills to the 600 mentally and/or physically handicapped children of the Gegharkunik Region of the Republic of Armenia.
We aim to give the opportunity to all handicapped children of Gegharkunik to attend Gavar Special School.
www.gavarspecialschool.org   (178 words)

  
 Armenian Caritas
Armenian Caritas operates in four regions of Armenia; Shirak, Gegharkunik, Lori regions and Yerevan City.
With its headquarters in Gyumri, Shirak region, it has two sub-offices in Yerevan and Gavar, Gegharkunik region.
Yerevan and Gegharkunik offices have been established and are operating within certain projects, which appear to be of higher priority in the selected areas.
www.caritasarm.am   (327 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Watershed in the context of this project is the geographical landscape that feeds the water to a drainage line and from which area communities within the watershed make their living, dependent on the local natural resources.
These circumstances are particularly acute in Gegharkunik and Tavoush marzas which are the most mountainous areas of Armenia and where land resources are under extreme pressure.
The villages were Gosh and Koghb in Tavoush, and Dprabak and Dzoragugh (1) in Gegharkunik.
www-wds.worldbank.org /servlet/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2002/03/08/000094946_02022704080445/Rendered/INDEX/multi0page.txt   (13902 words)

  
 Snow Storm Raving In Gegharkunik - Armenia Diaspora Conference Official Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Gavar, February 10, Armenpress; A massive snow storm coupled with unprecedented wind hit the province of Gegharkunik early Thursday, cutting power to hundreds of households and disrupting land traffic across the region.
The storm barreled in over the entire province with wind gales of up to 30 meters per second, the regional meteorological service said.
Local authorities said they were working to clean at least strategic roads in the province, saying also community roads remained closed because of the raving storm and lack of snow-ploughs.
www.armeniadiaspora.net /adc/news.asp?id=705   (164 words)

  
 World Report 379 — September 2003 #12
However, the region remains underdeveloped: there is little industry and many people continue to rely on basic agriculture for their survival.
Travelling to towns in Gegharkunik involves slow journeys on roads which have been neglected for years, as has much of the region’s other infrastructure.
This visit attracted the attention of the local television station, which covered a meeting in which Vahagn Hakobian, the Governor of Gegharkunik, expressed his gratitude to UBS and the Bible Society and called on the school principals to ensure that the Bibles and textbooks are put to daily use.
www.biblesociety.org /wr_379/379_12.htm   (660 words)

  
 Find Gegharkunik at myEweb.com
Gegharkunik Marz, comprised of the four former rayons of Sevan, Martuni, Vardenis, and Krasnosyelsk, is dominated by...
Gegharkunik Marz, comprised of the four former rayons of Sevan, M...
Read about gegharkunik in the free online encyclopedia and dictionary.
www.myeweb.com /web/index.php?qry_str=Gegharkunik   (104 words)

  
 Vivacell Company Provides Mobile Communication Services In Vardenis (Gegharkunik Region, Armenia) - Armenia Diaspora ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Company states that it realizes the necessity to provide mobile communication service of high quality in remote regions of Armenia, and Vardenis was deprived of such communication for a long time.
During his visit to Gavar (regional center of Gegharkunik) Executive Director of VivaCell Ralf Yirikyan stated that the Company started work in Gegharkunik region and it will try to cover the entire territory of this region with mobile communication by the end of September, 2005.
He said that the Company will cover all territory of Armenia with mobile communication of high quality by the end of October, 2005.
www.armeniadiaspora.com /ADC/news.asp?id=59   (216 words)

  
 THE ROADS OF SHUSHI AND THE MYSTERY OF THE "LACHIN CORRIDOR"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Armenian leaders were so blinded by the Azerbaijani-Kurdish-Arnienian brotherhood that they did not even attempt to see through the essence of this bogus, and gave in again.
This time, they surrendered to Azerbaijan considerable borderline territories of Syunik and Gegharkunik for the newly established Kurdish province.
The mystery of this autonomy on paper, disguised behind evasive and moot intrigues, did cause some suspicion, since the Kurdish province was not marked on any map and its status was not officially designated at a state level.
www.artsakhworld.com /shushi/html/roads.html   (2230 words)

  
 Gavar Special School - Armenian Club Forum
The Gavar Special School, the only school for mentally and physically handicapped children in Gegharkunik, Armenia, would like to announce it's campaign, "Building Our Future".
The school is in great need of capital improvement and is working hard to improve education for special needs children in Gegharkunik.
A website has been created at: http://www.GavarSpecialSchool.org to show the needs and plans of the school.
forum.armenianclub.com /showthread.php?p=140694#post140694   (245 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The aim of the online project was to discover the reasons why the population is less informed in Gegharkunik region, to try to find ways for solving the problem and to take steps to improve the situation.
Before choosing the topic for discussion there were meetings with three organizations of Gegharkunik region: 1.The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Gegharkunik region.
On December 10, a discussion was organized at the Gegharkunik marzpetaran on the issue “The human rights in Gegharkunik region”.
projects.ascp.am /community/ngo/report_eng.doc   (1503 words)

  
 Armenian Diaspora - Gegharkunik community to get rid of water problem
Armenian Diaspora - Gegharkunik community to get rid of water problem
Gegharkunik community to get rid of water problem
GAVAR, JUNE 9, ARMENPRESS: A rural community of Masrik in Gegharkunik
www.armeniandiaspora.com /archive/32230.html   (189 words)

  
 USAID/Armenia - Mobile Medical Teams   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Operations in Lori and Gegharkunik started in 2004, and will spread to Tavush and Syunik in 2005.
Referral mechanism strengthened in Lori, Gegharkunik, Tavush and Syunik Marzes to cope with referrals to district level health care
• MSF Belgium is launching a PHC program in Gegharkunik for vulnerable populations.
www.usaid.gov /am/activitypages/mobilemedicalteams2004.htm   (425 words)

  
 ASTP - PADCO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
On the date of the visit only 50.4% of the 215,371 citizens of Gegharkunik Marz had applied for Social Security Cards.
The Mobile Public Education Team of the Ministry of Labor and Social Issues visited three towns in Gegharkunik Marz.
The objective of the visit was to inform the public about Social Security Cards and to hold “Social Welfare Clinics” in each location where the public could get information on their social rights.
www.astp.am /events/08-10-04   (487 words)

  
 Oneworld Multimedia: The land of tortured souls
Yesterday, the UK's The Sunday Times published a harrowing account by author DBC Pierre of reality as it can be experienced in Armenia.
And their life's routine after the door closes behind us is one of unthinkable abuse.
He has started on the task of de-stigmatisation.
onnik.blogspot.com /2005/07/land-of-tortured-souls.html   (1064 words)

  
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 Mirago : Regional: Asia: Armenia: Gegharkunik: Localities: Sevan: Education
Mirago : Regional: Asia: Armenia: Gegharkunik: Localities: Sevan: Education
Top: Regional: Asia: Armenia: Gegharkunik: Localities: Sevan: Education
Includes information about the library, the museum, the Internet center, as well as about the lake Sevan and hotels of the area.
www.mirago.com /scripts/dir.aspx?cat=Top/Regional/Asia/Armenia/Gegharkunik/Localities/Sevan/Education   (76 words)

  
 Armenian Diaspora - "Vivacell" To Cover Armenia With Mobile Comm Network Before Winter
In his turn, Gegharkunik Governor Stepan Barseghyan pointed out the
Barseghyan said that Gegharkunik is the largest region
Viva Cell to Secure Mobile Services in Gegharkunik - August 10, 2005 21:40:21
www.armeniandiaspora.com /archive/37092.html   (272 words)

  
 Gegharkunik Florist, Florists and Flower Service Providers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
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www.world-florist.net /Armenia/Gegharkunik/Florists.html   (44 words)

  
 Is this Negative or Positive 2 you? Photo | TrekLens
Photos: Earth >> Asia >> Armenia >> East >> Gegharkunik >> Hayravank
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XT 350D, Canon 18 - 55mm EFS, @ ISO 200
Positive,as something detached from world,a place to stay alone when you like to be with your thoughts.
www.treklens.com /gallery/Asia/Armenia/photo89356.htm   (322 words)

  
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