Country Armenia Local time Friday 4:57 PM Marz province Aragatsotn Province | Time zone (UTC+4) Population 999 (2001) | |
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Weather 7°C, Wind SW at 6 km/h, 34% Humidity | ||
Nerkin Sasnashen (Armenian: Ներքին Սասնաշեն); formerly known as Nerkin Karakoymaz and Nerkin Sasunashen, is a village in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. It is home to the ruins of a 7th-century Armenian monastery. The village contains a granite memorial marking the crash site of a United States Air Force C-130 shot down by Soviet MiG-17s on 2 September 1958 with the loss of 17 U.S. personnel.
Map of Nerkin Sasnashen, Armenia
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