Lori Լոռի
Location
Information
Capital	Vanadzor
Governor	Henrik Kochinyan
Area Total  - Water (%)	Ranked 3rd 3,789 km² Negligible
Population  - Total (2002)  - Density	Ranked 4th 253,351 66. For the village in Azerbaijan see Binədərəsi. Vanadzor (Վանաձոր formerly Karaklis, Karakilis, Karakhs A governor is a governing official usually the executive (at least nominally to different degrees also politically and administratively of a non-sovereign level of government Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Administrative divisions The following is a list of the provinces with population area and density information In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Administrative divisions The following is a list of the provinces with population area and density information 8/km²
Abbreviations  - Postal code  - ISO 3166-2  - FIPS 10-4	1701-2117 AM. Armenian postal codes consist of four digits Until April 1, 2006, they consisted of six digits ISO 3166-2 is the second part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO The FIPS 10-4 standard Countries Dependencies Areas of Special Sovereignty and Their Principal Administrative Divisions, lists two-letter country codes that LO AM06
Website	lori.region.am

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Lori (Armenian: Լոռի) is one of the provinces (marz) of Armenia. Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani Over the years Armenia has developed a modern unique and successful culture Cinema of Armenia was born on April 16, 1923, when the Armenian State Committee on Cinema was established by the government decree Armenia is situated close to the Caucasus Mountains, and its music is a mix of indigenous Folk music, perhaps best-represented by Djivan Gasparyan 's well-known Over the years Armenia has developed a modern unique and successful culture A wide array of Sports are played in Armenia, the most popular among them being Wrestling, Weightlifting, Judo, football, Chess Vartavar (also known as Vardevar or Vardavar, Armenian: hy Վարդավար or Վարդնար is a festival in Armenia where people of all ages see History of Armenia (Moses of Chorene for the historiographical work Politics of Armenia takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic Republic, whereby the President is the Head of government Armenia maintains good relations with almost every country in the world the major exceptions being two of its immediate neighbors Turkey and Azerbaijan. Armenia is the only republic of the former Soviet Union that boasts a nearly-homogeneous population Administrative divisions The following is a list of the provinces with population area and density information Gegharkunik may refer to Gegharkunik Province Gegharkunik Gegharkunik town Gegharkunik Lake now called Lake Sevan Shirak may refer to Shirak Province, Armenia Shirak (town, Armenia Shirak Airport, Armenia Shirak historic region Syunik may refer to Syunik Province Syunik (village Syunik (historic region Yerevan (Երևան Երեւան or Երեվան ˌjɛrəˈvɑːn sometimes written as Erevan, Iravan, Erewan, Ayrivan, and Erivan The Armenian language (hy հայերեն լեզու hajɛɹɛn lɛzu —, conventional short form) is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian Administrative divisions The following is a list of the provinces with population area and density information Administrative divisions The following is a list of the provinces with population area and density information Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani It is in the north of the country, bordering Georgia. Georgia ( საქართველო, Sakartvelo) is a Transcontinental country in the Caucasus region situated at the dividing line between Its capital is Vanadzor and Stepanavan is its second largest city. For the village in Azerbaijan see Binədərəsi. Vanadzor (Վանաձոր formerly Karaklis, Karakilis, Karakhs Stepanavan (Ստեփանավան also Romanized as Step’anavan and Stepahavan; also Stepanawan-Lori; until 1938 Dzhalal-Ogly It is home to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Haghpat and Sanahin and the well-preserved Akhtala monastery, where Armenians, Georgians, and Greeks make an annual pilgrimage on September 20-21. United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on November 16 A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex Haghpat (Հաղպատ also Romanized as Akhpat and Hakhpat) is a village in the Northern Lorri province of Armenia, close to the city Sanahin ("Սանահին" in Armenian) is a village in the Northern Lorri province of Armenia, now considered part of the city of Alaverdi Akhtala (Ախթալա վանք ახტალის ტაძარი is a 10th century fortified Armenian Apostolic Church Monastery located in the village of ^[1]

The historical region of Lori (also known as Lore; ლორე in Georgian) passed through the hands of both Armenian and Georgian monarchs and comprised part of the Armeno-Georgian marchlands. Georgian (ka ქართული ენა kartuli ena) is the Official language of Georgia, a country in the Caucasus. It was affected severely from the 1988 Spitak earthquake. The Spitak Earthquake (also called Leninakan Earthquake and Gyumri Earthquake) was a tremor with a Magnitude of 6

Lori is the birthplace of several famous Armenians including musician Harutyun Sayatyan (better known as Sayat-Nova), poet Hovhannes Tumanyan, Soviet aircraft designer Artem Mikoyan, and Soviet statesman Anastas Mikoyan. For the town in Armenia see Sayat-Nova Armenia. Sayat-Nova ( Armenian: Սայաթ-Նովա Persian / Azeri: Hovhannes Tumanyan (Հովհաննես Թումանյան ( February 19, 1869 - March 23, 1923) is considered to be one of the greatest Artem Ivanovich Mikoyan (Արտյոմ (Artyom Հովհաննեսի Միկոյան or Անուշավան Հովհաննեսի Միկոյան Артём Anastas Hovhannesi Mikoyan ( Armenian: Անաստաս Հովհաննէսի Միկոյան ( - October 21 1978 was an Armenian Old Bolshevik and

Lori borders the following marzer:

• Tavush - east
• Kotayk - southeast
• Aragatsotn - southwest
• Shirak - west

Notes

See also

• Kingdom of Lori

External links

• Lori Guide with detailed descriptions, by Rick Ney
• Lori Marz Tourist Guide