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Bjni (), is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. It is situated in a valley between canyon walls and a small river. The village is one of the prominent centers of education and culture of ancient and medieval Armenia. It is the birthplace of the 11th-century scholar Grigor Magistros.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Bjni
Settlement.native_name
Բջնի
Settlement.pushpin_map
Armenia
Settlement.image_skyline
Bjni village.jpg
Settlement.imagesize
250px
Settlement.mapsize
150px
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Armenia
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Kotayk
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Armen Matevosyan
Settlement.established_title
First Mentioned
Settlement.established_date
Ghazar Parpetsi
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
Settlement.population_total
2,547
Settlement.elevation_m
1550

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Բջնի
Country
Armenia
Located in
Hrazdan
Official language
Armenian
Population
410
Elevation
1550
Time zone
UTC+04:00
Image
Bjni village.jpg
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native label
Բջնի
Commons category
Bjni
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Bjni (), is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. It is situated in a valley between canyon walls and a small river. The village is one of the prominent centers of education and culture of ancient and medieval Armenia. It is the birthplace of the 11th-century scholar Grigor Magistros.

==History== The first recorded mention of the village was by the 5th- to 6th-century chronicler and historian Ghazar Parpetsi.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bjni” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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