Kotayk

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Kotayk
Կոտայք
Location
Map of Kotayk in Armenia
Information
Capital Hrazdan
Governor Kovalenko Shahgeldyan
Area
Total
 - Water (%) 		 Ranked 8th
2,089 km²
Negligible
Population
 - Total (2002)
 - Density		 Ranked 6th
241,337
114.9/km²
Abbreviations
 - Postal code
 - ISO 3166-2
 - FIPS 10-4
2201-2506
AM.KT
AM05
Website kotayk.region.am
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Kotayk or Kotaik (Armenian: Կոտայք) is one of the provinces (marz) of Armenia . It is in the centre of the country. Its capital is Hrazdan. It is best known for its world-renowned beer of the same name.

It is also home to the highly frequented tourist destinations Garni and Geghard and the popular winter sports resort Tsakhkadzor where Soviet Armenian physiologist Leon Orbeli was born.

Kotayk is the only marz that does not border any foreign countries. It borders the following marzer:

In the southwest, between its borders with Ararat and Aragatsotn, Kotayk also shares a border with Yerevan.

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