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UNDER
CONSTRUCTION
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of the highway is
Avshar
(once Kyalbalavan). |
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Then the dusty city
of Ararat
(founded in 1920), its
raison d'être the Ararat Cement Factory, whose director Aram
Sargsian was made Prime Minister in November 1999.
Ararat also boasts a gold ore processing plant, the
massive spoil dump from which is now being profitably exploited
for residual gold
by
a multinational
corporation.
There is allegedly a hotel |
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