Yerevan is the capital and largest city of
Armenia and one of the world’s
oldest continuously inhabited cities.
[22] Situated along the
Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country. It has been the
capital since 1918, the
fourteenth in the history of Armenia and the seventh located in or around the
Ararat Plain. The city also serves as the seat of the
Araratian Pontifical Diocese, which is the largest diocese of the
Armenian Apostolic Church and one of the oldest dioceses in the world.