Jrarat (Armenian: Ջրառատ, also Romanized as Jrarrat and Dzhrarat; formerly, Gharkhun, Verin Karkhun, and Verkhniy Karkhun) is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The town has a large poultry industry and nearby is land reserved for the cochineal dye beetles, Porphyrophora hamelii. In addition to the 2,833 people in the town, the Jrarrat Poultry Farm has an additional 1,165 residents (2001 census) in its workers' housing, bringing the population of the area to 4,000.
