Armenian capital Yerevan named a sister city to Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES Los Angeles has another sister city.
Today the City Council gave the Armenian capital of Yerevan the distinction that 21 other cities share.
Yerevan, located in eastern Armenia, was founded in 782 B-C and has a population of one-point-two (m) million people.
In recognizing the designation, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Los Angeles is home to the largest Armenian population outside of Armenia.
Los Angeles has sister cities on six different continents. They include Berlin, Germany; Aukland, New Zealand; Jakarta, Indonesia and Mumbay, India.
Copyright 2007 The Associated Press.
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Today the City Council gave the Armenian capital of Yerevan the distinction that 21 other cities share.
Yerevan, located in eastern Armenia, was founded in 782 B-C and has a population of one-point-two (m) million people.
In recognizing the designation, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Los Angeles is home to the largest Armenian population outside of Armenia.
Los Angeles has sister cities on six different continents. They include Berlin, Germany; Aukland, New Zealand; Jakarta, Indonesia and Mumbay, India.
Copyright 2007 The Associated Press.
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
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