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Interesting facts about Yerevan

Interesting facts about Yerevan Is a great opportunity to learn more about European capitals. Yerevan is the political, economic, cultural, scientific and educational center of Armenia. It is considered one of the oldest cities in the world.

We bring to your attention the most interesting facts about Yerevan.

  1. Yerevan was founded back in 782 BC.
  2. Do you know that before 1936 Yerevan was called Eribun?
  3. Local residents do not take off their shoes when they come home from the street. At the same time, in other cities of Armenia (see interesting facts about Armenia), everything happens exactly the opposite.
  4. Yerevan is considered a mono-national city, where 99% of Armenians are residents.
  5. In all crowded places of Yerevan you can see small fountains with drinking water.
  6. There is not a single McDonald's cafe in the city.
  7. In 1981, the metro appeared in Yerevan. It is noteworthy that it has only 1 line with a length of 13.4 km.
  8. An interesting fact is that local drivers often violate traffic rules, and therefore you should be extremely careful on the roads.
  9. The Armenian capital is in the TOP-100 of the safest cities in the world.
  10. The water in the Yerevan water pipelines is so clean that you can drink it directly from the tap without resorting to additional filtration.
  11. Most of the residents of Yerevan speak Russian.
  12. There are more than 80 hotels in the capital, built according to all European standards.
  13. The first trolleybuses appeared in Yerevan in 1949.
  14. Among the sister cities of Yerevan are Venice and Los Angeles.
  15. In 1977, in Yerevan, the largest robbery in the history of the USSR took place, when a local bank was robbed by malefactors for 1.5 million rubles!
  16. Yerevan is the most ancient city on the territory of the former Soviet Union.
  17. The most common building material here is pink tuff - a light porous rock, as a result of which the capital is called the "Pink City".

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