Mkhchyan

Place in Ararat, Armenia
Mkhchyan
Մխչյան
40°01′12″N 44°29′28″E / 40.02000°N 44.49111°E / 40.02000; 44.49111
CountryArmenia
ProvinceArarat
MunicipalityArtashat
Population
 (2008)
 • Total4,886
St. Hovhannes Church, Mkhchyan by ArmAg

40°01′12″N 44°29′28″E / 40.02000°N 44.49111°E / 40.02000; 44.49111 Mkhchyan (Armenian: Մխչյան) is a village in the Artashat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia near the Armenia–Turkey border. The town is named after Liparit Mkchyan, a Soviet commander killed in 1921.[1]

References

  1. ^ Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 25, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine

External links

  • Mkhchyan at GEOnet Names Server
  • World Gazeteer: Armenia[dead link] – World-Gazetteer.com
  • Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
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Ararat Province
Capital: Artashat
Urban settlements
  • Ararat
  • Artashat
  • Masis
  • Vedi
Ararat MunicipalityArtashat MunicipalityMasis MunicipalityVedi MunicipalityVerin Dvin Municipality


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