Kapan
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{{Infobox City
|official_name = Kapan <br /> Կապան
|name_local = Կապան
|image_skyline =
|imagesize = 250px
|pushpin_map = Armenia
|mapsize = 150px
|map_caption = Location of Kapan in Armenia
|subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]]<br>[[Administrative divisions of Armenia|Marz]]
|subdivision_name = {{ARM}}<br>[[Syunik]]
|leader_title = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name = [[Armen Karapetian]]
|area_magnitude = 1 E9
|area_total_km2 = 36
|area_land_km2 =
|area_water_km2 =
|population_as_of = 2005 (est.)
|population_footnotes =
<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.armenianow.com/archive/2005/eng/?go=pub&id=934&issue_id=95#
|title=Syunik: Working hard or hardly working
|accessdate=2007-06-10}}</ref>
|population_total = 45,700
|population_metro =
|population_density_km2 = 1269.4
|timezone = [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT+4]]
|utc_offset = +4
|timezone_DST = [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT+5]]
|utc_offset_DST = +5
|latd=39 |latm=12 |latNS=N
|longd=46 |longm=24 |longEW=E
|elevation_m = 905.5
}}
[[Image:Khustup from Kapan.JPG|300px|thumb|left|Mountain Khustup from Kapan]]'''Kapan''' [[Image:Kapan. Monument to David Bek.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Kapan. Monument to [[David Bek]].]]({{lang-hy|Կապան}}; former names include '''Ghapan''', '''Kafan''', and '''Madan''') is the capital of the [[Syunik]] province (''[[Administrative divisions of Armenia|marz]]'') of [[Armenia]]. With a population of about 45,700, Kapan is struggling to cope with the realities of post-[[Nagorno-Karabakh War|Karabakh war]] and post-[[Soviet Union|Soviet]] society. However, there are signs of growth and development. Kapan is primarily a mining town, hence its [[Persian language|Persian]] name of the [[Qajar]] time معدن (Ma'dan, meaning Mine). Kapan's industry is dependent on the newly privatized [[polymetallic]] deposit, though additional operations have developed including mining support services, commercial scale [[animal husbandry]], and an expanding retail sector. Local areas of interest include the [[Vahanavank]] [[monastery]], and the Baghaberd and Halidzor [[fortress]]es.
==Sport==
*[[FC Gandzasar Kapan]] - football club
*[[Syunik Kapan]] - football club
==Sister cities==
* {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Glendale, California|Glendale]]''', [[California]], [[United States]]
== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Kapan_Town More information on the region]
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