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Nahapetavan

Coordinates: 40°36′N 44°01′E / 40.600°N 44.017°E / 40.600; 44.017
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40°36′N 44°01′E / 40.600°N 44.017°E / 40.600; 44.017

Nahapetavan
Նահապետավան
Nahapetavan is located in Armenia
Nahapetavan
Nahapetavan
Nahapetavan is located in Shirak
Nahapetavan
Nahapetavan
Coordinates: 40°36′N 44°01′E / 40.600°N 44.017°E / 40.600; 44.017
CountryArmenia
ProvinceShirak
MunicipalityArtik
Population
 (2001)
 • Total817
Time zoneUTC+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

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1873293—    
1897465+1.94%
1926622+1.01%
1939518−1.40%
1959647+1.12%
1970655+0.11%
1979650−0.09%
2001817+1.04%
20041,032+8.10%
Source: [2]

References

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  1. ^ Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 77, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website Archived 2008-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ 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.