Geghamavan

Geghamavan Գեղամավան
Geghamavan Գեղամավան
Coordinates: 40°33′43″N 44°53′15″E / 40.56194°N 44.88750°ECoordinates: 40°33′43″N 44°53′15″E / 40.56194°N 44.88750°E
Country	Armenia
Marz (Province)	Gegharkunik
Founded	1830's
Area
• Total	29.48 km^2 (11.38 sq mi)
Elevation	1,842 m (6,043 ft)
Population (2008)
• Total	1,735
• Density	59/km^2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	GMT+4 (UTC+4)
Postal code	1507

Geghamavan (Armenian: Գեղամավան), also Romanized as Gegamavan; until 1946, Shagriz and Shahriz) is a town in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The town was founded in the 1830s from migrants from the Maku region of Persia. There are church/shrine ruins in the east part of the village.^[1]

References

1. Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2005). Rediscovering Armenia: Guide (2nd ed.). Yerevan: Matit Graphic Design Studio. pp. 74–75. ISBN 99941-0-121-8.

• Geghamavan 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. 41; original archived at Archive.org, and current version online on Armeniapedia.org.