Gtashen

Gtashen
Գտաշեն
community
Gtashen
Coordinates: 40°55′08″N 43°43′01″E / 40.91889°N 43.71694°E / 40.91889; 43.71694Coordinates: 40°55′08″N 43°43′01″E / 40.91889°N 43.71694°E / 40.91889; 43.71694
Country  Armenia
Marz (Province) Shirak
Population (2011)
 • Total 271
Time zone UTC+4 ( )
Gtashen at GEOnet Names Server

Gtashen (Armenian: Գտաշեն; also, Gyutashen; formerly, Magaradzhuk, Magaradzhug, and Magharajugh, Azerbaijani: Mağaracıq) is a village and rural community (municipality) in the Shirak Province of Armenia.

Population

According to "Caucasian Calendar" of 1912, 495 people, mainly Azerbaijanis shown in the calendar as «Karapapaks», lived in village Magaradjik of Kars Okrug of Kars Oblast.[1]

The community of Gtashen consists of the villages of Gtashen and Kamkhut. The National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia (ARMSTAT) reported that the community's population was 258 in 2010,[2] down from 378 at the 2001 census.[3]

Population per years is the following.[4]

Year 1886 1908 1922 1959 1970 1979 1989 2001 2004
Pop 309 480 312 557 983 925 139 378 356

References

  1. ↑ Кавказский календарь. Тифлис 1912
  2. ↑ "Marzes of the Republic of Armenia and Yerevan City in Figures, 2010" (PDF). National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia (ARMSTAT).
  3. ↑ Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia
  4. ↑ "Dictionary of Armenian residences (Հայաստանի հանրապետության բնակավայրերի բառարան), page 63" (PDF). Retrieved April 18, 2014.


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