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Meghradzor (, ; formerly known as Taycharukh) is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia, northwest of Hrazdan. The village is located to the south of the Pambak mountain range, along the left bank of the Marmarik River.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Meghradzor
Settlement.native_name
Մեղրաձոր
Settlement.image_skyline
Meghradzor, KO.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Meghradzor
Settlement.pushpin_map
Armenia
Settlement.mapsize
150px
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Kotayk
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.established_title
Founded
Settlement.established_date
1830
Settlement.area_total_km2
6.21
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
Settlement.population_total
2,309
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.utc_offset
+4
Settlement.elevation_m
1820

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Wikidata facts

Located in
Kotayk Province
Official language
Armenian
Population
2309
Area
6.21
Elevation
1820
Time zone
UTC+04:00
Body of water
Marmarik
Image
Meghradzor, KO.jpg
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Commons category
Meghradzor
inception
1830-00-00
located in/on physical feature
Tsaghkunyats Mountains
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Meghradzor (, ; formerly known as Taycharukh) is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia, northwest of Hrazdan. The village is located to the south of the Pambak mountain range, along the left bank of the Marmarik River.

The village was founded by immigrants from Aratsap in 1830 and is well known for its famous honey; hence, the name Meghradzor literally translates to valley of honey. The community has a secondary school, kindergarten, first aid station, house of culture, and library. The local economy is heavily dependent on agriculture, based predominantly on beekeeping, cattle-breeding, and farming (potatoes, cabbages, and grains). There is also a disused gold mine north of Meghradzor that has been in use since the 19th century. In the foothills nearby, to the south, is the 12th-century walled Chalcedonian Armenian Tejharuyk Monastery. The nearby village of Gorgoch is also included in the community of Meghradzor.

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

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