Gay, Armenia

Gay, Armenia

Infobox Settlement
official_name =Gay Գայ
native_name =
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mapsize =150px
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Armenia
subdivision_type1 = Marz (Province)
subdivision_name1 =Armavir
leader_title =
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established_title = Founded
established_date = 1670s
area_total_km2 =
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population_as_of = 2008
population_total =3594
population_density_km2 =
timezone =
utc_offset = +4
timezone_DST =
utc_offset_DST = +5
latd=40 |latm=05 |lats=02 |latNS=N
longd=44|longm=18 |longs=20 |longEW=E
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Gay ( _hy. Գայ; until 1978, Khatunarkh) is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The town was founded in the 1670s, and named for the wife of Sefi Khan; in 1978, it was renamed in honor of a hero of the Russian Civil War, Hayk Bzhshkian, whose "nom de guerre" was "Gay". [Kiesling, "Rediscoving Armenia", p. 40, available online at the [http://yerevan.usembassy.gov/armenia.pdf US embassy to Armenia's website] ]

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