Shahumyan, Ararat

Coordinates: 39°55′51″N 44°34′42″E / 39.93083°N 44.57833°E / 39.93083; 44.57833

Shahumyan
Շահումյան
Shahumyan
Coordinates: 39°55′51″N 44°34′42″E / 39.93083°N 44.57833°E / 39.93083; 44.57833
Country Armenia
Marz (Province) Ararat
Population (2008)
  Total 4,241
Time zone   (UTC+4)
  Summer (DST)   (UTC+5)

Shahumyan (Armenian: Շահումյան, also Romanized as Shahumian and Shaumyan; formerly, Yuva) is a town in the Ararat Province of Armenia. The town was named after Stepan Shahumyan, a Bolshevik commissar.

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