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Haghartsin, Armenia

Place in Tavush, Armenia

Haghartsin Հաղարծին
A view of Haghartsin
40°46′41″N 44°57′45″E / 40.77806°N 44.96250°E / 40.77806; 44.96250
Country	Armenia
Province	Tavush
Municipality	Dilijan
Government
• Mayor	Sargis Poghosyan
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	3,791
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)
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Haghartsin (Armenian: Հաղարծին) is a village in the Dilijan Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia. The 13th-century Haghartsin Monastery is located around 8 km northwest of the village.

Toponymy

It was founded in 1815 as Jarkhech by Prince Jar Artsruni. In 1940, the village was renamed Kuybyshev after the Soviet politician Valerian Kuybyshev.^[2] In 1992, the village was renamed Haghartsin, after the nearby Haghartsin Monastery.

Gallery

Nearby 13th-century Haghartsin Monastery
Haghartsin
Haghartsin Monastery
Nature around Haghartsin
Nature around Haghartsin
WWII monument
Khachkars

References

^ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
^ Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 109, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website Archived 2008-06-26 at the Wayback Machine