Nahapetavan

Coordinates: 40°36′N 44°01′E / 40.6°N 44.017°E / 40.6; 44.017

Nahapetavan Նահապետավան
Nahapetavan
Coordinates: 40°36′N 44°01′E / 40.6°N 44.017°E / 40.6; 44.017
Country	Armenia
Marz (Province)	Shirak
Population (2001)
- Total	817
Time zone	(UTC+4)
- Summer (DST)	(UTC+5)

Nahapetavan (Armenian: Նահապետավան, also Romanized as Nagapetavan; until 1935, Khachakilisa, from 1935 to 1961, Paros) is a town in the Shirak Province of Armenia. The town was renamed in 1961 in honor of Nagapet (or Nahapet) Kurghinian, a participant in the Bolshevik uprising in May 1920.^[1]

References

1. ^ Kiesling, Rediscoving Armenia, p. 77, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website

• Nahapetavan at GEOnet Names Server
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia