Coordinates: 40°44′46″N 43°47′49″E / 40.74611°N 43.79694°E
Gharibjanyan (Armenian: Ղարիբջանյան), known as Aleksandrovka until 1935, is a village in the Shirak Province of Armenia. The village was renamed in 1935 in honor of Bolshevik leader Bagrat Gharibjanyan, killed in 1920.[1]
Gharibjanyan
Ղարիբջանյան | |
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  Gharibjanyan  Gharibjanyan | |
| Coordinates: 40°44′46″N 43°47′49″E / 40.74611°N 43.79694°E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Province | Shirak |
| Municipality | Akhuryan |
| Elevation | 1,470 m (4,820 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,055 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 |
DemographicsEdit
The population of the village since 1908 is as follows:<[2]
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1908 | 202 |
| 1926 | 345 |
| 1939 | 539 |
| 1959 | 667 |
| 1970 | 674 |
| 1979 | 595 |
| 1989 | 954 |
| 2001 | 953 |
| 2004 | 954 |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 79, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website Archived June 26, 2008, 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. p. 129. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2018.
- Gharibjanyan at GEOnet Names Server
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
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