Dimitrov, Armenia

40°00′29″N 44°29′17″E

Dimitrov
Դիմիտրով
Dimitrov
Dimitrov
Coordinates: 40°00′29″N 44°29′17″E
CountryArmenia
ProvinceArarat
MunicipalityArtashat
Population
 (2008)
 • Total1,317
Time zoneUTC+4
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5

Dimitrov (Armenian: Դիմիտրով), or Ghuylasar Nerkin until 1949, is a village in the Artashat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia.

It was renamed in 1949 in honor of Georgi Dimitrov − Comintern and Bulgarian Communist leader and prime minister of Bulgaria.

The village is inhabited mainly by Armenians and Assyrians.

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