Official Name: | Dimitrov |
Native Name: | Դիմիտրով |
Pushpin Map: | Armenia#Ararat |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Armenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Ararat |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Artashat |
Population As Of: | 2008 |
Population Total: | 1317 |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +5 |
Coordinates: | 40.0081°N 44.4881°W |
Dimitrov (Armenian: Դիմիտրով), or Ghuylasar Nerkin until 1949,[1] 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.