Gtashen

Gtashen () is a village in the Amasia Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Gtashen
Settlement.native_name: Գտաշեն
Settlement.pushpin_map: Armenia#Shirak
Settlement.mapsize: 150px
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Armenia
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Shirak
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Amasia
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_total: 271
Settlement.utc_offset: +4
Settlement.elevation_m: 1860

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Մաղարաջուղ
Country: Armenia
Located in: Shirak Province
Official language: Armenian
Population: 309
Area: 3.1
Elevation: 1860
Time zone: UTC+04:00
Image: Գտաշեն.jpg

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Gtashen () is a village in the Amasia Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia.

== History == Armenians and Azeris once lived in the village, as well as Greeks, who even had a church, of which a half-ruined wall remains in the center of the village. In 1988-1989 Armenians from Akhalkalaki, Gyumri, Talin, Amasia and Nagorno-Karabakh settled in the village.

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