1 baseline questionnaire community profile agarak general features of is located in syunik marz and approximately 403 kilometers from yerevan 11 km west meghri on the southern border armenia adjacent to iran it one most distant communities executive summary a rural with population nearly 5 000 200 households mining ore processing constitute about 60 percent local economy followed by agriculture which constitutes 25 copper molybdenum combine largest employer employing also are customs office frontier market iranian armenian trade retail goods addition gas pipeline started november 2004 expected provide some employment appears be politically stable mayor armen sargsyan his second term having been reelected 2005 there an member all male city council three whom newly elected government administered 12 staff review 2003 budget years reveals that s annual