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Spitak
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Spitak (), is a town and urban municipal community in the northern Lori Province of Armenia. It is north of the capital, Yerevan, and west of the provincial center, Vanadzor. Spitak was entirely destroyed during the devastating 1988 Armenian earthquake, and it was rebuilt in a slightly different location. Currently, the town has an approximate population of 13,133 as per the 2022 census.
Spitak is a town in northern Armenia that was completely destroyed by a major earthquake in 1988 and subsequently rebuilt in a nearby location. Today it is home to approximately 13,000 residents and serves as part of Armenia's Lori Province.
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Spitak
- Settlement.native_name
- Սպիտակ
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Spitak Спитак, Армения.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Spitak
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_seal
- Spitak seal.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Armenia
- Settlement.mapsize
- 150px
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Lori
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- Mayor
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 17th century
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 57.6
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
- Settlement.population_total
- 13,133
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Амамлу
- Country
- Armenia
- Official language
- Armenian
- Population
- 12881
- Area
- 57.6
- Elevation
- 1250
- Time zone
- UTC+04:00
- Official website
- spitak.am
- Image
- Spitak Спитак, Армения.jpg
- Significant event
- 1988 Spitak earthquake
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- Spitak
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- Category:Spitak
- native label
- Սպիտակ
- postal code
- 1801–1506
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Spitak (), is a town and urban municipal community in the northern Lori Province of Armenia. It is north of the capital, Yerevan, and west of the provincial center, Vanadzor. Spitak was entirely destroyed during the devastating 1988 Armenian earthquake, and it was rebuilt in a slightly different location. Currently, the town has an approximate population of 13,133 as per the 2022 census.
== Etymology == Spitak, meaning white in Armenian because of the presence of white limestone rocks in the area. The word spitak itself derives from Middle Persian spēdag (compare Parthian ispēd).
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