Vardenut

Coordinates: 40°28′14″N 44°21′55″E / 40.47056°N 44.36528°E / 40.47056; 44.36528

Vardenut
Վարդենուտ
Vardenut
Coordinates: 40°28′14″N 44°21′55″E / 40.47056°N 44.36528°E / 40.47056; 44.36528
Country Armenia
Marz (Province) Aragatsotn
Settled 1829
Population (2001)
  Total 852
Time zone   (UTC+4)
  Summer (DST)   (UTC+5)

Vardenut (Armenian: Վարդենուտ; formerly, Shirakala) is a town in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The town was settled in 1829 by emigrants from Persia as part of the exchange of populations under the Treaty of Turkmenchay.

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