Goris Municipality

Goris
Գորիս
Coordinates: 39°30′N46°21′E / 39.500°N 46.350°E / 39.500; 46.350
CountryArmenia
ProvinceSyunik
Formed17 June 2016
Administrative centreGoris
Government
 • MayorArush Arushanyan
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total
29,173
Time zoneAMT (UTC+04)
Postal code
3201–3519
ISO 3166 codeAM-SU
FIPS 10-4AM08

Goris Municipality, referred to as Goris Community (Armenian: Գորիս ՀամայնքGoris Hamaynk), is an urban community and administrative subdivision of Syunik Province of Armenia, at the south of the country. Consisted of a group of settlements, its administrative centre is the town of Goris.[1]

Included settlements

Settlement Type Population(2011 census)[2]
GorisTown, administrative centre 20,591
AknerVillage 1,374
HartashenVillage 717
KarahunjVillage 1,365
KhndzoreskVillage 2,070
Nerkin KhndzoreskVillage 276
ShurnukhVillage 207
VerishenVillage 2,264
VorotanVillage 309
AghbulaghAbandoned village 0
DzorakAbandoned village 0
VanandAbandoned village 0

Politics

Goris Municipal Assembly (Armenian: Գորիսի համայնքապետարան, Gorisihamaynqapetaran) is the representative body in Goris Municipality, consisting of 21 members which are elected every five years. The last election was held in October 2021. Arush Arushanyan of Arush Arushanyan alliance was elected mayor.

Party 2021 Current Municipal Assembly
  Arush Arushanyan alliance13                         
  Civil Contract7             
  Armenian National Congress1 
Total 21

Ruling coalition or party marked in bold.

Arush Arushanyan alliance is an alliance between Reborn Armenia and National Agenda Party.

See also

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