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Gtashen

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Country
  
Armenia

Local time
  
Saturday 8:41 AM

Marz province
  
Shirak Province

Time zone
  
(UTC+4)

Population
  
271 (2011)

Gtashen

Weather
  
-2°C, Wind NW at 10 km/h, 79% Humidity

Gtashen (Armenian: Գտաշեն; also, Gyutashen; formerly, Magaradzhuk, Magaradzhug, and Magharajugh, Azerbaijani: Mağaracıq) is a village and rural community (municipality) in the Shirak Province of Armenia.

Contents

Map of Gtashen, Armenia

Population

According to "Caucasian Calendar" of 1912, 495 people, mainly Azerbaijanis shown in the calendar as «Karapapaks», lived in village Magaradjik of Kars Okrug of Kars Oblast.

The community of Gtashen consists of the villages of Gtashen and Kamkhut. The National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia (ARMSTAT) reported that the community's population was 258 in 2010, down from 378 at the 2001 census.

Population per years is the following.

References

Gtashen Wikipedia