Gtashen

Gtashen Գտաշեն
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Coordinates: 40°55′08″N 43°43′01″E
Country	Armenia
Province	Shirak
Municipality	Amasia
Elevation	1,860 m (6,100 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	271
Time zone	UTC+4
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Gtashen (Armenian: Գտաշեն) 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.[1]

Demographics

According to 1912 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, 495 people, mainly Karapapakhs lived in village Magaradjik of Kars Okrug of Kars Oblast.[2]

The community of Gtashen consists of the villages of Gtashen and Kamkhut. The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported that the community's population was 258 in 2010,[3] down from 378 at the 2001 census.[4]

The population of the village since 1886 is as follows:[5]

Year	Population
1886	309
1908	480
1922	312
1959	557
1970	983
1979	925
1989	139
2001	378
2004	356

References

1. Yeranuhi Soghoyan (26 October 2009). "Frontier Villages on Hold: What Do Residents Expect From a Border Opening?". hetq.am. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
2. Кавказский календарь на 1912 год [Caucasian calendar for 1912] (in Russian) (67th ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1912. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021.
3. "Marzes of Armenia and Yerevan City in Figures, 2010" (PDF). Statistical Committee of Armenia.
4. Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
5. Հայաստանի Հանրապետության բնակավայրերի բառարան [Republic of Armenia settlements dictionary] (PDF) (in Armenian). Yerevan: Cadastre Committee of the Republic of Armenia. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2018.