Ararat Plain

[3] The Medieval Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi recorded in his History of Armenia that the Ararat plain was named after King Ara the Handsome, the great-grandson of Amasya.

The shortest duration of sunshine is in the mid-mountain areas of the forest zone (about 2,000 hours).

[5] The Ararat Plain makes up 4% of Armenia's total land area, but yields 40% of the country's farm production.

[5] In the Turkish part of the plain, apricot is widely produced on a 1,525 ha-area.

in the Mesopotamian cuneiform inscrptions in the form 'Armani', while in the text of the same period discovered in Ebla (Syria) Armenia is called 'Armi'.