Geghi (Armenian: Գեղի) is a village in the Kajaran Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia.

Geghi
Գեղի
Geghi is located in Armenia
Geghi
Geghi
Geghi is located in Syunik Province
Geghi
Geghi
Coordinates: 39°13′12″N 46°09′20″E / 39.22000°N 46.15556°E / 39.22000; 46.15556
Country Armenia
ProvinceSyunik
MunicipalityKajaran
Area
 • Total68.67 km2 (26.51 sq mi)
Population
 • Total172
 • Density2.5/km2 (6.5/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)

History edit

The village had 570 inhabitants in 1959, 932 in 1970 and 1,115 inhabitants in 1979.[3]

Population edit

The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported the community's population as 172 at the 2011 Armenian census,[2] up from 138 in 2010,[4] but down from 227 at the 2001 census.[5]

Municipal administration edit

Geghi was previously a community which included the villages of Geghi, Geghavank, Kard, Kitsk, Verin Geghavank and Karut, until the June 2017 administrative and territorial reforms, when the village became a part of the Kajaran Municipality.[6][7]

References edit

  1. ^ "Syunik regional e-Governance System" (in Armenian). Syunik Province provincial government. Click on link entitled "Համայնքներ" (community) and search for the place by Armenian name.
  2. ^ a b "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF). Statistical Committee of Armenia.
  3. ^ (in Armenian) T. Kh. Hakobyan, St. T. Melik-Bakhshyan, H. Kh. Barseghyan «Երևան» (Yerevan). Dictionary of Toponymy of Armenia and Adjacent Territories. vol. v. Yerevan, Armenia: Yerevan State University 1986. p.909
  4. ^ "Marzes of Armenia and Yerevan City in Figures, 2010" (PDF). Statistical Committee of Armenia.
  5. ^ Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
  6. ^ Հայաստանի 328 համայնքների միավորմամբ կձևավորվի 34 համայնք. ԱԺ-ն քննարկում է ծրագիրը
  7. ^ Syunik Province communities