YEREVAN, ARMENIA
With its origins in 8th century BC, Yerevan is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world. With the fall of the Soviet Union 1991, Yerevan became the capital of the newly independent Republic of Armenia. Yerevan continues to be a leading industrial, educational, cultural, and scientific center in the Caucasus region.
As a center of Armenian culture, Yerevan is the site of Yerevan State University, the Armenian Academy of Sciences, the Matenadaran manuscript archives, a historical museum, an opera house, and a music conservatory.
Website
http://www.laysca.org/
(under construction)
Sister City Since
February 23, 2007
Distance From L.A.
7,198 miles
Population
City: 1,107,800; Country: 2,976,372
Climate
Hot summers, cold winters.
Local Time
GMT +4; LA Time +12
Currency
Armenian dram
With its origins in 8th century BC, Yerevan is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world. With the fall of the Soviet Union 1991, Yerevan became the capital of the newly independent Republic of Armenia. Yerevan continues to be a leading industrial, educational, cultural, and scientific center in the Caucasus region.
As a center of Armenian culture, Yerevan is the site of Yerevan State University, the Armenian Academy of Sciences, the Matenadaran manuscript archives, a historical museum, an opera house, and a music conservatory.
Website
http://www.laysca.org/
(under construction)
Sister City Since
February 23, 2007
Distance From L.A.
7,198 miles
Population
City: 1,107,800; Country: 2,976,372
Climate
Hot summers, cold winters.
Local Time
GMT +4; LA Time +12
Currency
Armenian dram