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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name =Verin Dvin<br/>Վերին Դվին
|name_local =Վերին Դվին
|image_skyline=Dvin and Verin Dvin.JPG
|image_caption=The villages of [[Dvin (village)|Dvin]] (left) and Verin Dvin (right)
|pushpin_map =Armenia
|mapsize =150px
|coordinates_region = AM
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = [[Armenia]]
|subdivision_type1 = [[Administrative divisions of Armenia|Marz (Province)]]
|subdivision_name1 =[[Ararat Province|Ararat]]
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Lyudmila Petrova
|established_title =
|established_date =
|area_total_km2 = 6.9
|area_footnotes =
|population_as_of = 2009<ref name="Assyria">{{cite web | title= Armenia is a homeland for the Assyrians, who have no homeland| url= http://www.reporter.am/go.cfm?path=/go/article/2009-03-27-armenia-is-a-homeland-for-the-assyrians-who-have-no-homeland&pg=1| publisher= The Armenian Reporter| date= 2009-03-27| accessdate=2009-03-27}}</ref>
|population_total =2,700
|population_density_km2 =
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|utc_offset = +4
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|latd=40 |latm=01 |lats=31 |latNS=N
|longd=44|longm=35 |longs=27 |longEW=E
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'''Verin Dvin''' ({{lang-hy|Վերին Դվին}}; also, '''Aysori Dvin''' and '''Verkhniy Dvin''') is a village in the [[Ararat Province]] of [[Armenia]] located 30 kilometers south of [[Yerevan]]. The largest [[Assyrians in Armenia|Assyrian community in Armenia]] is in Verin Dvin, where around 2,000 out of the 2,700 residents in the village are ethnic [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]]. The village is home to 2 Assyrian churches including the church of Mar Tuma (Saint Thomas) dating back to 1828.<ref name="Assyria"/> The village is built near the ruins of the ancient city of [[Dvin (ancient city)|Dvin]].

The secondary school of the village has a majority of ethnic Assyrian students and provides lessons in Assyrian history and language.

== References ==
*{{GEOnet2|32FA881E68513774E0440003BA962ED3}}
*[http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-17&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=x World Gazeteer: Armenia] – World-Gazetteer.com
*{{ArmenianCensus|97}}
*[http://www.azatutyun.am/video/4227.html Հին Եդեսիայի հետնորդները Հայաստանում] in azatutyun.am
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[[Category:Populated places in Ararat Province]]
[[Category:Assyrian settlements]]
[[Category:Assyrians in Armenia]]

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Verin Dvin - Revision history

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