Mkhchyan
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Mkhchyan
Մխչյան | |
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Coordinates: 40°01′12″N 44°29′28″E / 40.02000°N 44.49111°E | |
Country | Armenia |
Province | Ararat |
Municipality | Artashat |
Population (2008) | |
• Total | 4,886 |
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40°01′12″N 44°29′28″E / 40.02000°N 44.49111°E 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
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- 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