Gagarin, Armenia
Coordinates: 40°32′13″N 44°51′28″E / 40.53694°N 44.85778°E
Gagarin
Գագարին | |
---|---|
Gagarin | |
Coordinates: 40°32′13″N 44°51′28″E / 40.53694°N 44.85778°E | |
Country | Armenia |
Province | Gegharkunik |
Founded | 1955 |
Population | |
• Total | 1,379 |
Time zone | UTC+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.
Gallery[]
Yuri Gagarin's monument
Gagarin train station
Yuri Gagarin's monument
Scenery around Gagarin
References[]
- ^ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of the Republic of Armenia" (PDF).
- ^ Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 41, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website Archived June 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gagarin (village). |
- World Gazeteer: Armenia[dead link] – World-Gazetteer.com
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
Categories:
- Populated places in Gegharkunik Province
- Populated places established in 1955
- Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union
- 1955 establishments in Armenia
- Gegharkunik geography stubs