Gtashen
Գտաշեն | |
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Coordinates: 40°55′08″N 43°43′01″E / 40.91889°N 43.71694°E | |
Country | Armenia |
Province | Shirak |
Municipality | Amasia |
Elevation | 1,860 m (6,100 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 271 |
Time zone | UTC+4 |
Gtashen at GEOnet Names Server |
Gtashen ( Armenian: Գտաշեն) is a village in the Amasia Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia.
Armenians and Azeris once lived in the village, as well as Greeks, who even had a church, of which a half-ruined wall remains in the center of the village. In 1988-1989 Armenians from Akhalkalaki, Gyumri, Talin, Amasia and Nagorno-Karabakh settled in the village. [1]
According to 1912 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, 495 people, mainly Karapapakhs lived in village Magaradjik of Kars Okrug of Kars Oblast. [2]
The community of Gtashen consists of the villages of Gtashen and Kamkhut. The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported that the community's population was 258 in 2010, [3] down from 378 at the 2001 census. [4]
The population of the village since 1886 is as follows: [5]
Year | Population |
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1886 | 309 |
1908 | 480 |
1922 | 312 |
1959 | 557 |
1970 | 983 |
1979 | 925 |
1989 | 139 |
2001 | 378 |
2004 | 356 |