Sasunik
Coordinates: 40°14′50″N 44°20′17″E / 40.24722°N 44.33806°E
Sasunik
Սասունիկ | |
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![]() ![]() Sasunik | |
Coordinates: 40°14′50″N 44°20′17″E / 40.24722°N 44.33806°E | |
Country | Armenia |
Marz (Province) | Aragatsotn |
Established | 1955 |
Population (2012) | |
• Total | 4,102[1] |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( ) |
• Summer (DST) |
Sasunik (Armenian: Սասունիկ); is a village in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. It was founded as a collective farm in 1955, and villagers were resettled from the old village of Sasunik in 1960. The community of Sasunik also includes the village of Karin.
Gallery[]
Church ruins, 7th-19th centuries
Church ruins, 7th-19th centuries
Cemetery adjacent to the church
See also[]
References[]
- ^ World Gazetteer – Armenia[dead link]
- Sasunik at GEOnet Names Server (as Nor Sasunik)
- World Gazetteer: Armenia[dead link] – World-Gazetteer.com
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
- Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 15, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website
External links[]
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Categories:
- Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union
- Populated places in Aragatsotn Province
- Populated places established in 1955
- 1955 establishments in Armenia
- Aragatsotn geography stubs