Nahapetavan

Coordinates: 40°36′N 44°01′E / 40.600°N 44.017°E / 40.600; 44.017

Nahapetavan
Նահապետավան
Nahapetavan
Coordinates: 40°36′N 44°01′E / 40.600°N 44.017°E / 40.600; 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 village 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]

Population

Population per years is the following.[2]

Year 1873 1897 1926 1939 1959 1970 1979 2001 2004
Pop. 293 465 622 518 647 655 650 817 1032

References

  1. Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 77, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website Archived 2008-06-26 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. "Dictionary of Armenian residences (Հայաստանի հանրապետության բնակավայրերի բառարան), page 143" (PDF). Retrieved April 18, 2014.


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