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| Zangakatun: Ararat |
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| Zangakatun village is located in the Ararat region 105 km to South-East from capital. It is bordering Nakhichevan (20 km of border). Though Ararat Region mostly occupies Ararat Valley, Zangakatun, along with 7 other communities, is located in mountainous sub-region (1650-1700 m of the sea level) of Ararat Marz. This location offers specific economic development opportunities such as production of late ripening apricot, offering high yield of apples, and allowing agricultural activities virtually in all sub-sectors of agriculture. |
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| Completed State budget school renovation (2004) ASIF implemented Local Government Training, provided school furniture (45 units) Ongoing UMCOR-Integrated Management of Childhood Illness CARD-Agriculture Credit Club Program UNDP, RA Government, EU Humanitarian Demining Project Health System modernization project |
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| Drinking water is available 30%. Irrigation water is available 40%. Gas is not available. Roads will be repaired. |
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| Infrastructure priorities for the rural community of Zangakatun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Zangakatun community is traditionally famous around the country for its high quality apples. Due to favorable local climate the yield of this crop in Zangakatun is relatively high therefore local farmers sell apples most of time of the year. It is possible to increase production of fruits and vegs using new lands via expanded and enhanced irrigation system and new agricultural machinery. The community has excessive amount of water supply from Hortum Water Reservoir but does not have proper internal irrigation network to take advantage of this opportunity. Thus the community needs 15 km of internal irrigation line and 5 km of external line to be built to irrigate 400 ha of land. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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