Gagarin, Armenia
40°32′13″N 44°51′28″E / 40.53694°N 44.85778°E / 40.53694; 44.85778
Place in Gegharkunik, Armenia
Gagarin Գագարին | |
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Coordinates: 40°32′13″N 44°51′28″E / 40.53694°N 44.85778°E / 40.53694; 44.85778 | |
Country | Armenia |
Province | Gegharkunik |
Municipality | Sevan |
Founded | 1955 |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,379 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AMT) |
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Gagarin (Armenian: Գագարին) is a village in the Sevan Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. It was founded in 1955 and named after the cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.[2] Administratively, the village is under the subordination of the Sevan municipality.
Gallery
- Yuri Gagarin's monument
- Gagarin train station
- Yuri Gagarin's monument
- Scenery around Gagarin
References
- ^ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
- ^ Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 41, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website Archived June 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
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