ParakarՓարաքարParakarCoordinates: 40°09′50″N 44°24′21″E / 40.16389°N 44.40583°E / 40.16389; 44.40583CountryArmeniaProvinceArmavirPopulation (2008) • Total5,193Coordinates: 40°09′50″N 44°24′21″E / 40.16389°N 44.40583°E / 40.16389; 44.40583 Parakar (Armenian: Փարաքար, also Romanized as P’arak’ar; formerly, Shirabad) is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The 2001 census for the whole community, which includes the nearby town of Tairov, was 7,211. The town has a gypsum mine and its Saint Harutyun church dates from 1855.