Aratashen

Coordinates: 40°07′43″N 44°13′39″E / 40.12861°N 44.2275°E / 40.12861; 44.2275

Aratashen Առատաշեն
Aratashen
Coordinates: 40°07′43″N 44°13′39″E / 40.12861°N 44.2275°E / 40.12861; 44.2275
Country	Armenia
Marz (Province)	Armavir
Population (2008)
– Total	2,898
Time zone	(UTC+4)
– Summer (DST)	(UTC+5)

Aratashen (Armenian: Առատաշեն, also Romanized as Arratashen; also, Artashen; until 1978 Zeyva Hayi – meaning "Armenian Zeyva", Zeyva, Bol’shaya Zeyva and Nerkin-Zeyva) is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. A neolithic-chalcolithic tell is located south of the town.

References

• Aratashen at GEOnet Names Server
• World Gazeteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia
• Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 37; original archived at Archive.org, and current version online on Armeniapedia.org.