Nation Building: One Village at a Time

Rural Development
Program
Lori - General Info
Total area 3,789 sq. km
Percentage of the territory of RA 12.7 %
Arable land 47,823 ha
No. of urban communities 8
No. of rural communities 105
 
Population (as of 1.1.2003) 285,000
urban 168,400 persons
rural 116,600 persons
Percentage of Republic's total population 8.9 %
 
Borders Georgia
Includes regions of Stepanavan, Tashir, Tumanyan, Gugark
Towns Vanadzor, Spitak, Stepanavan, Alaverdi, Tashir
 
Natural Resources
Main economic activity Industry, agriculture
Main products Grain, potato growing, meat

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Apaven | Artsni | Dzoramut | Paghaghbyur | Jiliza | Chochkan | Dzyunashogh | Haghpat | 
MetsAyrum | Mikhaylovka | Norashen | Gogavan | Debed | Yaghdan | Madan | 

or click on the yellow symbols in the map

 

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This is the regular train that serves the needs of the people of Armenia's Shirak region. It has not been replaced for more than forty years and still bears the (now rusty)symbols of the Soviet Empire. Convenience and comfort are two things one will not find here.

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The Armenia Fund Rural Development Program
Government House #3 Yerevan 0010 Republic of Armenia
E-mail: rdp@himnadram.org; Phone: 521505, 560106 ext. 107