Khanjyan, Armenia

Coordinates: 40°10′N 44°02′E / 40.167°N 44.033°E / 40.167; 44.033

Khanjyan
Խանջյան
Khanjyan
Coordinates: 40°10′N 44°02′E / 40.167°N 44.033°E / 40.167; 44.033
Country Armenia
Marz (Province) Armavir
Founded 1957
Population (2008)
  Total 1,937
Time zone   (UTC+4)
  Summer (DST)   (UTC+5)

Khanjyan (Armenian: Խանջյան, also Romanized as Khanjian) is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The town founded as a sovkhoz (collective farm) in 1957 and named in honor of Aghasi Khanjian, first secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia.

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