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Araks, Armenia (Araks Municipality)

village in Armavir Province of Armenia

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ1142800 ↗
Source-derived summary

Araks (Armenian: Արաքս), known as Nerkin Karkhun and Sharifabad until 1946, is a village in the eastern part of the Armavir Province of Armenia, specifically in the Araks Municipality.

References

Araks, Armenia (Araks Municipality) at GEOnet Names Server

World Gazeteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com

Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia

Kiesling, Brady (June 2000). Rediscovering Armenia: An Archaeological/Touristic Gazetteer and Map Set for the Historical Monuments of Armenia (PDF). Yerevan: Mattit. p. 40. ISBN 9994101218. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2021.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Araks, Armenia (Araks Municipality)” as village in Armavir Province of Armenia. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1946, 2001, 2000, 2021—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Araks, Armenia and Municipality can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in Armavir Province of Armenia. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1142800. Authority coordinates are 40.055, 44.303. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1946, 2001, 2000 and 2021.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Araks, Armenia (Araks Municipality)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Araks, Armenia (Araks Municipality) primary sources, Araks, Armenia (Araks Municipality) archive and Araks research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Araks, Armenia (Araks Municipality)”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Araks, Armenia (Araks Municipality)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.