KAPAN, JUNE 4, NOYAN TAPAN. By government's decision, foreign names of more than 20 populated areas of Syunik were changed and this process is still underway. Names of two populated areas are still to be changed. They are Musalam and Okhtar. This was not done previously, as the villagers did not agree to the new names offered by the government. The issue of renaming of populated areas having the same name is not solved yet in the region. They are three: town of Agarak and village of Agarak, town of Kajaran and village of Kajaran, villages of Vorotan in regions of Sisian anf Goris. In the words of Seyran Avetisian, Deputy Head of Department of Coordination of Activity of Territorial Services of Local Self-government and Republican Executive Bodies of Regional Administration, when choosing new names for populated areas they took into consideration the historic names of those places, as well as community's opinion. As he reported, the new names of villages are already being used, but signboards of the populated areas, seals of regional administrations have not been changed yet, which requires some expenditures and time.

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