FOREIGN NAMES OF MORE THAN 20 POPULATED AREAS CHANGED IN SYUNIK

KAPAN, JUNE 4, NOYAN TAPAN. By government’s decision, foreign names of
more than 20 populated areas of Syunik were changed and this process is
still underway. Names of two populated areas are still to be changed.
They are Musalam and Okhtar. This was not done previously, as the
villagers did not agree to the new names offered by the government. The
issue of renaming of populated areas having the same name is not solved
yet in the region. They are three: town of Agarak and village of
Agarak, town of Kajaran and village of Kajaran, villages of Vorotan in
regions of Sisian anf Goris.

In the words of Seyran Avetisian, Deputy Head of Department of
Coordination of Activity of Territorial Services of Local
Self-government and Republican Executive Bodies of Regional
Administration, when choosing new names for populated areas they took
into consideration the historic names of those places, as well as
community’s opinion. As he reported, the new names of villages are
already being used, but signboards of the populated areas, seals of
regional administrations have not been changed yet, which requires some
expenditures and time.