Anipemza (Armenian: Անիպեմզա) is a village in the Ani Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its population was 523 in 2010,[1] up from 349 at the 2001 census.[2]
Anipemza is located on the closed Armenia–Turkey border on a bank of Akhurian River on which opposite coast there are ruins of the ancient Armenian city of Ani in Turkey. In 7 km to the north from village there is Ry station 'Ani' of Armenian Railway. Anipemza was founded in 4th century by Kamsarakan princes. The village Anipemza is well known for ruins of Yererouk basilica of 4th-5th century. Near to village the industrial complex of building materials (processing of Pumice, Tuff, Andesite) is located.
The oral witness obtained by interviewing the residents have established that the new Anipemza, since 1926, was a village for the orphans of Armenian genocide of 1915 and then has been also a penal colony for forced labor for the dissidents of the Soviet regime in Armenia.
^"Marzes of Armenia and Yerevan City in Figures, 2010" (PDF). Statistical Committee of Armenia.
^Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
Anipemza (Armenian: Անիպեմզա) is a village in the Ani Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its...
Yereruyk or Ererouk, is an ancient Armenian church near the village of Anipemza in the Shirak Province of Armenia. Yererouk was built on a plateau near...
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Plain. Shirak plain at Marmashen Steppes at the Shirak plateau around Anipemza Steppes at the Shirak plateau northwest of Amasia Steppes at the Shirak...
traditional Armenian architecture and faced with tuff stone, brought from Anipemza, Armenia—near the medieval Armenian capital of Ani—with over 100 railroad...