Nagorno-Karabakh atlas presented in Stepanakert
STEPANAKERT, October 3, /ARKA/. Nagorno-Karabakh president Bako Sahakian, other top officials, faculty and students of Artsakh State University were present at the official presentation of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic’s Atlas, ARKA correspondent in Stepanakert reported.
President Bako Sahakian emphasized the importance of the Atlas that contains comprehensive political, economic, cultural, scientific, geographic and other information about Nagorno-Karabakh. According to him, the Atlas is important also in terms of ensuring the republic’s security and it must serve as a guideline in all undertakings. He thanked all the people who worked on the Atlas and awarded them state orders.
All 1,500 copies of the Atlas which is in the Armenian and Russian languages, were printed in Yerevan. It had been prepared by the Armenian Center of Geodesy and Cartography of the State Cadastre Committee at the order of the Nagorno-Karabakh government.
The Atlas has 70 maps of large and smaller scales and comprehensive information about the republic’s resources, population, economy and culture. M.M. -0-