Kotayk

RA Kotayk marz is situated in the centre of the Republic of Armenia. Hrasdan and Azat rivers run on Kotayk marz RA territory. Hrazdan River (Zangu) is one of left tributaries (the length is 141 km) of Araks River. There are 340 tributaries in the river system, 25 of which have length more than 10 km. The river tributaries are Marmarik, Tsaghkadzor, Aray River and Getar. Asat river is also one of left tributaries of Araks (the length is 55 km). It originates from the Geghama mountain range (mainly lives on underground waters). The river waters are mainly used with the irrigation purpose. Marz is also rich with mineral waters - “Bjni” and “Arzni”. Geghama mountain laps, Tsaghkunyats mountain range, Hatis and Aray Mountains are situated in the marz territory. Hatis Mountain (Shamiram mountain) is a conshaped volcanic mass (the height is 2528m). Mountain is covered by meadow-steppe vegetation. Aray Mountain is an extinct volcanic mass (the height is 2577m) and situated in the east from Aragats Mountain between Kasakh and Hrazdan rivers. The marz plains are Eghvard plain (the height above sea level is 1200 – 1300 m) and Hrazdan plateau (the height above sea level is 1700 – 1800 m). Yerevan-Hrazdan-Sevan motor-road and Yerevan-Hrazdan-Ijevan railway that are of great importance for the country pass through the central part of the marz territory. In 2008 the share of economy main branches of RA Kotayk marz in total volume of correspondent branches of the republic comprised
 industry 12.2 %,
 agriculture 10.0 %,
 construction 1.9 %,
 retail trade 2.7 %,
 services 1.6 %.
RA Kotayk marz comparatively developed and has multi-branch economy. The main branch of economy is industry. Marz has an exclusive role, particularly, in the energy field. Here are two large organizations of electricity production. Other main trend of marz industry is manufacturing industry, in which the following branches are more developed: a)food and beverages production (meat and meat products processing and canning, fruits and vegetables processing and canning, milk products, flour, beverages production), b) non-metal mineral other production (glass and glass products production, cement production), c) metallurgy and metal products production ( steel and iron casting), d) furniture industry, production of finished articles not included in other categories (jewellery and adjaceThere are three large battery farms in the territory of the marz.

  (Source: National Statistics Service of Republic of Armenia)

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