Geghanist, Shirak

Geghanist Գեղանիստ
community
Geghanist
Coordinates: 40°41′05″N 44°01′26″E / 40.68472°N 44.02389°ECoordinates: 40°41′05″N 44°01′26″E / 40.68472°N 44.02389°E
Country	Armenia
Marz (Province)	Shirak
Population (2010)
• Total	1,277
Time zone	(UTC+4)
• Summer (DST)	(UTC+5)
Geghadir at GEOnet Names Server

Geghanist (Armenian: Գեղանիստ, also Romanized as Gekhanist; also, Geghadir and Gekhadir; until 1948, Golgat and Kolkat) is a village and rural community (municipality) in the Shirak Province of Armenia. The town's church dates from 1852.^[1] The National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia (ARMSTAT) reported its population was 1,277 in 2010,^[2] up from 1,150 at the 2001 census.^[3]

Population

Population per years is the following.^[4]

Year	1831	1897	1926	1939	1959	1970	1979	2001	2004
Pop.	117	825	1171	1213	771	944	964	1150	1115

References

1. Kiesling, Rediscoving Armenia, p. 24, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website
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 54" (PDF). Retrieved April 18, 2014.