Bagratashen

Coordinates: 41°14′45″N 44°49′16″E / 41.24583°N 44.82111°E / 41.24583; 44.82111

Bagratashen
Բագրատաշեն
Bagratashen
Coordinates: 41°14′45″N 44°49′16″E / 41.24583°N 44.82111°E / 41.24583; 44.82111
Country Armenia
Marz (Province) Tavush
Population (2011)
  Total 2,732
Time zone   (UTC+4)
  Summer (DST)   (UTC+5)

Bagratashen (Armenian: Բագրատաշեն; until 1960, Lambalu, from 1960-1972, Debedashen or Debetashen) is a town in the Tavush Province of Armenia, on the border of Georgia. The town was renamed in honor of Bagrat Vardanian (1894-1971), Hero of Socialist Labor.[1]

References

  1. Kiesling, Rediscoving Armenia, p. 118, available online
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