Gtashen
Place in Shirak, Armenia
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Gtashen (Armenian: Գտաշեն) is a village in the Amasia Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia.
Gtashen
Գտաշեն | |
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  Gtashen  Gtashen | |
| 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[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+4 |
| Gtashen at GEOnet Names Server | |
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.[2]
Demographics
According to 1912 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, 495 people, mainly Karapapakhs lived in village Magaradjik of Kars Okrug of Kars Oblast.[3]
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,[4] down from 378 at the 2001 census.[5]
The population of the village since 1886 is as follows:[6]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1886 | 309 | — |
| 1908 | 480 | +2.02% |
| 1922 | 312 | −3.03% |
| 1959 | 557 | +1.58% |
| 1970 | 983 | +5.30% |
| 1979 | 925 | −0.67% |
| 1989 | 139 | −17.27% |
| 2001 | 378 | +8.69% |
| 2011 | 356 | −0.60% |
| Source: [6] | ||
