Madina, Armenia

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Coordinates: 40°04′49″N 45°15′04″E / 40.08028°N 45.25111°E / 40.08028; 45.25111

Madina
Մադինա
A view of Madina
A view of Madina
Madina is located in Armenia
Madina
Madina
Coordinates: 40°04′49″N 45°15′04″E / 40.08028°N 45.25111°E / 40.08028; 45.25111
Country Armenia
ProvinceGegharkunik
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total1,111
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)
Madina, Armenia at GEOnet Names Server

Madina (Armenian: Մադինա) is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. To the west of Madina is Mount Armaghan, an extinct volcano that rises 450 meters higher than the surrounding plain with a small crater lake at its center.[2]

History[]

According to the Russian statistical source Sbornik svedenij o Kavkaze, the village of Madina had as of 1873 a population of 208 people, all of them Azeris.[3] By 1911, the population had risen to 443 people.[4]

Gallery[]

  • Chapel on Mount Armaghan

  • On top of Mount Armaghan

  • Cemetery on top of Mount Armaghan

References[]

  1. ^ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of the Republic of Armenia" (PDF).
  2. ^ Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2005). Rediscovering Armenia: Guide (2nd ed.). Yerevan: Matit Graphic Design Studio. p. 79. ISBN 99941-0-121-8.
  3. ^ Сборник сведений о Кавказе. V. Тф. 1880. p. 107.
  4. ^ Кавказский календарь. Тф. 1912. p. 180.

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