Geghamavan

Geghamavan

Infobox Settlement
official_name =Geghamavan Գեղամավան
native_name =
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mapsize =150px
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Armenia
subdivision_type1 = Marz (Province)
subdivision_name1 =Gegharkunik
leader_title =
leader_name =
established_title = Founded
established_date = 1830s
area_total_km2 =
area_footnotes =
population_as_of = 2008
population_total =1735
population_density_km2 =
timezone =
utc_offset = +4
timezone_DST =
utc_offset_DST = +5
latd=40 |latm=33 |lats=43 |latNS=N
longd=44|longm=52 |longs=58 |longEW=E
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Geghamavan ( _hy. Գեղամավան), also Romanized as Gegamavan; until 1946, Shagriz and Shahriz) is a town in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The town was founded in the 1830s from migrants from the Maku region of Persia.

References

*GEOnet2|32FA881E707F3774E0440003BA962ED3
*Kiesling, "Rediscoving Armenia", p. 41, available online at the [http://yerevan.usembassy.gov/armenia.pdf US embassy to Armenia's website]
* [http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-17&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=x World Gazeteer: Armenia] – World-Gazetteer.com
*ArmenianCensus|146


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