Gtashen
Գտաշեն
Gtashen is located in Armenia
Gtashen
Gtashen
Gtashen is located in Shirak
Gtashen
Gtashen
Coordinates: 40°55′08″N 43°43′01″E / 40.91889°N 43.71694°E / 40.91889; 43.71694
CountryArmenia
ProvinceShirak
MunicipalityAmasia
Elevation
1,860 m (6,100 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total271
Time zoneUTC+4
Gtashen at GEOnet Names Server

Gtashen (Armenian: Գտաշեն) is a village in the Amasia Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia.

History

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]

Demographics

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
1886 309
1908 480
1922 312
1959 557
1970 983
1979 925
1989 139
2001 378
2004 356

References

  1. ↑ Yeranuhi Soghoyan (26 October 2009). "Frontier Villages on Hold: What Do Residents Expect From a Border Opening?". hetq.am. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  2. ↑ Кавказский календарь на 1912 год [Caucasian calendar for 1912] (in Russian) (67th ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1912. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Marzes of Armenia and Yerevan City in Figures, 2010" (PDF). Statistical Committee of Armenia.
  4. ↑ Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
  5. ↑ 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.


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