41°00′33″N 44°30′30″E / 41.00917°N 44.50833°E / 41.00917; 44.50833

Yaghdan
Յաղդան
Yaghdan is located in Armenia
Yaghdan
Yaghdan
Coordinates: 41°00′33″N 44°30′30″E / 41.00917°N 44.50833°E / 41.00917; 44.50833
CountryArmenia
Marz (Province)Lori
Elevation
1,350 m (4,430 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total233
Time zoneUTC+4 ( )

Yaghdan (Armenian: Յաղդան), is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia. Until the 1988 Armenian earthquake it has a majority ethnic Greek population. In the aftermath of the earthquake some 300 children were taken to Greece. What was intended to be a temporary event initiated a permanent migration of most of the settlement's Greek population to Greece. Today, those Greeks that remain in Yaghdan are mostly of mixed Greek/Armenian heritage, and many of the former Greek homes lie empty. [1]

References

  1. Tatev Hakobyan. Yaghatan: The last Greeks

Sources

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