Ashtarak is
an industrial city in Armenia, on the left bank of Kasagh River along the
gorge, approximately 20 km north-west of the capital Yerevan, at a height
of 1110 meters above sea level. It is the administrative capital of Aragatsotn
province. Ashtarak with 21,600 inhabitants, is an important crossroad of routes
for the Yerevan–Gyumri–Vanadzor rectangle.
The city plays a great role in
the national
