The results of the “2023 Youth Capital of the Republic of Armenia” competition have been summarized in the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports of the Republic of Armenia.

2 cities applied for the “Youth Capital of the Year” competition in 2023: Tsaghkadzor (Kotayk) and Metsamor (Armavir). During the final stage of the application evaluation process, by combining the results of expert evaluation and short message (SMS) voting, the organizing committee of the competition declared Metsamor as the youth capital of Armenia in 2023.

According to the representative of the city of Metsamor, their city has great prospects, and this victory will give new energy to the city. According to him, a large amount of work is being carried out in Metsamor today, and the title of “Youth Capital” is an additional responsibility to properly attend the planned programs. The representative of the city of Tsaghkadzor, in turn, expressed his willingness to support, get to know, and cooperate with the youth community of the winning city, Metsamor, through the exchange of experience.

Yerevan does not participate in the “Youth Capital of the Year” competition. The same city cannot win twice in a row.

The competition has been held since 2014. The first youth capital of RA was Sisian, followed by Stepanavan (2015), Gyumri (2016), Charentsavan (2017), Ijevan (2018), and Vanadzor (2019), then Kapan (2021), and In 2022, Hrazdan (the competition was not held in 2020).