Of these, ten are provinces, known as marzer (մարզեր) or in the singular form marz (մարզ) in Armenian.

Yerevan is treated separately and granted special administrative status as the country's capital.

The chief executive in each of 10 marzes is the marzpet, appointed by the government of Armenia.

[3] The area of the Gegharkunik Province includes Lake Sevan which covers 1,278 square kilometres (493 sq mi) of its territory: Within each province of the republic, there are municipal communities (hamaynkner, singular hamaynk), currently considered the second-level administrative division in Armenia.

As of January 2018, Armenia is divided into 503 communities, of which 46 are urban and 457 are rural.