40°36′N 44°01′E / 40.600°N 44.017°E
Nahapetavan
Նահապետավան | |
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  Nahapetavan  Nahapetavan | |
| Coordinates: 40°36′N 44°01′E / 40.600°N 44.017°E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Province | Shirak |
| Municipality | Artik |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 817 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 |
Nahapetavan (Armenian: Նահապետավան) is a village in the Artik Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. The town was renamed in 1961 in honor of Nahapet Kurghinian, a participant in the Bolshevik uprising in May 1920.[1]
Demographics edit
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1873 | 293 | — | |
| 1897 | 465 | +1.94% | |
| 1926 | 622 | +1.01% | |
| 1939 | 518 | −1.40% | |
| 1959 | 647 | +1.12% | |
| 1970 | 655 | +0.11% | |
| 1979 | 650 | −0.09% | |
| 2001 | 817 | +1.04% | |
| 2004 | 1,032 | +8.10% | |
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| Source: [2] | |||
References edit
- ^ Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 77, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website Archived 2008-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Հայաստանի Հանրապետության բնակավայրերի բառարան [Republic of Armenia settlements dictionary] (PDF) (in Armenian). Yerevan: Cadastre Committee of the Republic of Armenia. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2018.
- Nahapetavan at GEOnet Names Server
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
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