Kapan Municipality

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Kapan
Կապան
Urban Community
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Country Armenia
Province Syunik
Formed 9 June 2017
Administrative centre Kapan
Government
 • Mayor Gevorg Parsyan
Population (2011 census)
 • Total 49,788
Time zone AMT (UTC+04)
Postal code 3201–3519
ISO 3166 code AM-SU
FIPS 10-4 AM08

Kapan Municipality, referred to as Kapan Community (Armenian: Կապան Համայնք Kapan Hamaynk), is an urban community and administrative subdivision of Syunik Province of Armenia, at the south of the country. Consisted of a group of settlements, its administrative centre is the town of Kapan.[1]

Included settlements

Settlement Type Population
(2011 census)[2]
Kapan Town, administrative centre 43,190
Agarak Village 177
Atchanan Village 164
Aghavni Village 98
Antarashat Village 163
Arajadzor Village 184
Artsvanik Village 625
Bargushat Village 98
Chakaten Village 131
Chapni Village 112
Davit Bek Village 796
Ditsmayri Village 165
Dzorastan Village 65
Geghanush Village 253
Gomaran Village 71
Kaghnut Village 105
Khdrants Village 48
Khordzor Village 18
Nerkin Hand Village 97
Nerkin Khotanan Village 65
Norashenik Village 128
Okhtar Village 93
Sevakar Village 104
Shikahogh Village 229
Shishkert Village 264
Shrvenants Village 76
Srashen Village 90
Syunik Village 791
Sznak Village 194
Tandzaver Village 211
Tavrus Village 92
Tsav Village 74
Uzhanis Village 59
Vanek Village 61
Vardavank Village 100
Verin Khotanan Village 203
Yegheg Village 121
Yeghvard Village 273

Politics

Kapan Municipal Assembly (Armenian: Կապանի համայնքապետարան, Kapani hamaynqapetaran) is the representative body in Kapan Municipality, consisting of 27 members which are elected every five years. The last election was held in November 2021. Gevorg Parsyan of Shant Alliance Nationalist Party was elected mayor.

Party 2021 Current Municipal Assembly
  Shant Alliance Nationalist Party 19                                      
  Civil Contract 8                
Total 27  

Ruling coalition or party marked in bold.

See also

References