Shamlugh
Sign in to saveShamlugh () is a village in the Lori Province in northeastern Armenia. It is situated on the left bank of Debed River, at a road distance of north of the capital Yerevan and north of the provincial centre Vanadzor. The village had a majority Greek population; however, it is now predominantly populated by Armenians. According to the 2011 census, Shamlugh had 700 inhabitants, while the 2016 official estimate shows the current population is around 500. According to the 2011 census, Shamlugh had 700 inhabitants.
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Vinony's link graph records 137 inbound references to Shamlugh, and connects out to Lori Province, Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic and Iran.
The entry is geolocated on the map in AM, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Populated places established in 1770 and Populated places in Lori Province.
Vinony links it to 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Shamlugh
- Settlement.native_name
- Շամլուղ
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Shamlugh town Armenia.jpg
- Settlement.image_shield
- COA_of_Shamlugh.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Armenia
- Settlement.mapsize
- 150px
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Lori
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1770
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 3.6
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
- Settlement.population_total
- 690
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- AMT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +4
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 810
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Armenia
- Located in
- Borchaly Uyezd
- Official language
- Armenian
- Population
- 700
- Area
- 3.6
- Elevation
- 810
- Time zone
- UTC+04:00
- Image
- Shamlugh town Armenia.jpg
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- Commons category
- Shamlugh
- inception
- 1770-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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Shamlugh () is a village in the Lori Province in northeastern Armenia. It is situated on the left bank of Debed River, at a road distance of north of the capital Yerevan and north of the provincial centre Vanadzor. The village had a majority Greek population; however, it is now predominantly populated by Armenians. According to the 2011 census, Shamlugh had 700 inhabitants, while the 2016 official estimate shows the current population is around 500. According to the 2011 census, Shamlugh had 700 inhabitants.
== Etymology == As a rural community in the Borchali uyezd of the Tiflis Governorate within the Russian Empire, the settlement of Shamlugh used to bear the names Shamlug, Samblud, Shamblugh and later Shamlugh.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shamlugh” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations