Tsaghkashen, Gegharkunik

Coordinates: 40°18′17″N 45°03′19″E / 40.30472°N 45.05528°E / 40.30472; 45.05528

Tsaghkashen
Ծաղկաշեն
Tsaghkashen
Ծաղկաշեն
Coordinates: 40°18′17″N 45°03′19″E / 40.30472°N 45.05528°E / 40.30472; 45.05528
Country Armenia
Marz (Province) Gegharkunik
Population (2001)
  Total 551
Time zone UTC+4 ( )
  Summer (DST) UTC+5 ( )

Tsaghkashen (Armenian: Ծաղկաշեն; also Romanized as Tsakhkashen and Tsaghkachen; formerly Kyarimkend) is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, founded in 1859. The village church dedicated to S. Hovhannes dates to the 9th-10th century.

See also

References

  • Tsaghkashen, Gegharkunik at GEOnet Names Server
  • Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia
  • Kiesling, Brady (2005), Rediscovering Armenia: Guide, Yerevan, Armenia: Matit Graphic Design Studio
  • Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 44; original archived at Archive.org, and current version online on Armeniapedia.org.
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