Gtashen

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Gtashen
Գտաշեն
Community
Gtashen is located in Armenia
Gtashen
Gtashen
Coordinates: 40°55′08″N 43°43′01″E / 40.91889°N 43.71694°E / 40.91889; 43.71694Coordinates: 40°55′08″N 43°43′01″E / 40.91889°N 43.71694°E / 40.91889; 43.71694
Country Armenia
Marz (Province)Shirak
Elevation
1,860 m (6,100 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total271
Time zoneUTC+4 ( )
Gtashen at GEOnet Names Server

Gtashen (Armenian: Գտաշեն) is a village and rural community (municipality) in the Shirak Province of Armenia.

History[]

Armenians and Azeris once lived in the village, as well as Greeks, who even had a church, of which a half-ruined wall remains in the center of the village. In 1988-1989 Armenians from Akhalkalaki, Gyumri, Talin, Amasia and Nagorno-Karabakh settled in the village.[1]

Population[]

According to "Caucasian Calendar" of 1912, 495 people, mainly Qarapapaqs lived in village Magaradjik of Kars Okrug of Kars Oblast.[2]

The community of Gtashen consists of the villages of Gtashen and Kamkhut. The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported that the community's population was 258 in 2010,[3] down from 378 at the 2001 census.[4]

Population per years is the following.[5]

Year 1886 1908 1922 1959 1970 1979 1989 2001 2004
Pop 309 480 312 557 983 925 139 378 356

References[]

  1. ^ Yeranuhi Soghoyan (26 October 2009). "Frontier Villages on Hold: What Do Residents Expect From a Border Opening?". hetq.am. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  2. ^ Кавказский календарь. Тифлис 1912
  3. ^ "Marzes of Armenia and Yerevan City in Figures, 2010" (PDF). Statistical Committee of Armenia.
  4. ^ Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
  5. ^ "Dictionary of Armenian residences (Հայաստանի հանրապետության բնակավայրերի բառարան), page 63" (PDF). Retrieved April 18, 2014.


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