Gagarin, Armenia

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Coordinates: 40°32′13″N 44°51′28″E / 40.53694°N 44.85778°E / 40.53694; 44.85778

Gagarin
Գագարին
Main road in Gagarin
Main road in Gagarin
Gagarin is located in Armenia
Gagarin
Gagarin
Coordinates: 40°32′13″N 44°51′28″E / 40.53694°N 44.85778°E / 40.53694; 44.85778
Country Armenia
ProvinceGegharkunik
Founded1955
Population
 • Total1,379
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)
Gagarin, Armenia at GEOnet Names Server

Gagarin (Armenian: Գագարին) is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. It was founded in 1955 and named after the cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.[2] The village belongs to the municipality of Sevan.

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  1. ^ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of the Republic of Armenia" (PDF).
  2. ^ Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 41, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website Archived June 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

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