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Hrazdan ((アルメニア語:Հրազդան)), is a town in Armenia and the capital of the Kotayk Province, located northeast of the capital Yerevan. The name ''Hrazdan'' is derived from the Middle-Persian name ''Frazdān'', related to the Zoroastrian mythology. As of the 2011 census, the population of the town is 41,875. It has lost a significant number of inhabitants since the 1989 census reported 59,000 people. During the Soviet period, Hrazdan was one of the highly industrialized centres of the Armenian SSR. ==History== Hrazdan is among the towns that have been founded and developed during the Soviet rule. The former village of ''Akhta'' (or ''Nerkin Akhta'') -covering the southern parts of present-day Hrazdan- was the centre of the Hrazdan region (formerly known as Akhta region) between 1930-59. In 1959, Akhta village was granted the status of an urban-type settlement and renamed Hrazdan. The first development plan of Hrazdan was introduces in 1961-63 by architects M. Grigoryan and E. Altunyan. Upon the 12 January 1963 decision of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR on the territorial changes in the state, the villages of Atarbekyan, Jrarat, Kakavadzor and Makravan have been merged within the town of Hrazdan. In fact, the town of Hrazdan was formed through the merger of a group of separate villages and settlements. Thus, after becoming a town of regional dependence, Hrazdan had witnessed a major development. The inhabitants of the town were originally from the regions of Sasun, Kars and Mush of Western Armenia, and the regions of Maku, Salmast and Khoy of present-day Iran, who arrived in Soviet Armenia between 1926-29. During the repatriation process, citizens from other regions of Armenia and Armenians from Diaspora were resettled in Hrazdan. During the Soviet period, the population of the town reached up to 61,000. The 2nd development plan of the town was introduced in 1978-80, where it was envisaged to accommodate 120,000 inhabitants by the year 2010. However, the plan was eventually abandoned with the fall of the Soviet rule. Present-day Hrazdan could be divided into 3 parts: *Northern, including Jrarat district and the Hrazdan Power Plant. *Central, including the Atarbekyan, Kentron and Makravan districts. *Southern, including the Spandaryan and Aghbyurak districts along with the Hrazdan reservoir. In December 1995, Hrazdan became the centre of the newly formed Kotayk province. 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「Hrazdan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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