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:''For the village in Ararat Province, see Abovyan, Ararat.'' Abovyan or Abovian ((アルメニア語:Աբովյան)), is a town in Armenia within the Kotayk Province. It is located northeast of Yerevan and southeast of the province centre Hrazdan. As of the 2011 census, the population of the town is 43,495, down from 59,000 reported at the 1989 census. With a motorway and railway running through the city connecting Yerevan with the areas of the northeast, Abovyan is considered a satellite city of the Armenian capital. Therefore, Abovyan is generally known as the "northern gate of Yerevan". The town of Abovyan covers an area of . ==History== During his researches in 1960, historian ''Mesrop Smbatiants'' found king Argishti I's Urartian cuneiform which narrates about the conquest of Darani (the pre-Urartian name of modern-day Abovyan area) of Ulusan country. Excavations and found materials proved that the area was inhabited since the end of the 4th century BC. During the excavations, the remains of a fortress, a cemetery and old shelters were also found with several objects and remnants of three stages of the Bronze Age.〔(Union of Communities of Armenia:Abovyan (Kotayk) ) 〕 During the ancient Kingdom of Armenia, the western area of modern-day Abovyan was part of the Kotayk canton of Ayrarat province while the eastern area was part of Mazaz canton of the same province. Between the 5th and 7th centuries AD, the region became under the administration of the Armenian noble dynasty of Amatuni. In the Middle Ages, the area was known as Elar. According to the Armenian historian Stepanos Orbelian of the 13th century, Elar was awarded to Liparit Orbelian of the Orbelian Dynasty by prince Atabek Ivane. Under the Persian rule, Elar was part of the Erivan Khanate. After the Russian conquest of Armenia in 1828, Elar became part of the Armenian Oblast and subsequently of the Erivan Governorate which was formed in 1849-1850. Until 1961, the small village of Elar (part of modern-day Abovyan) was the largest settlement of the area, when it was renamed Abovyan in the honour of the Armenian writer Khachatur Abovian. Two years later in 1963, the town was founded on the same area by the decision of the Soviet government. The modern city of Abovyan was built in 1962-1963 on a plateau located between Hrazdan and Azat rivers. The city has rapidly developed as an industrial centre for the entire Armenian SSR. The Surp Stepanos medieval church (renovated in 1851) stands on a nearby hill in Elar district. More than 90% of the population is ethnic Armenian, mainly diasporan Armenians relocated from Syria, Iran and Lebanon during the 1960s. Minor communities of Kurds, Yazidis, Russians and Assyrians are also found in Abovyan.〔(Abovyan city:Kurdish Community of Abovyan city ) 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Abovyan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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