Hovtashen
40°01′28″N 44°27′00″E / 40.02444°N 44.45000°E
Hovtashen
Հովտաշեն | |
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  Hovtashen  Hovtashen | |
| Coordinates: 40°01′28″N 44°27′00″E / 40.02444°N 44.45000°E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Province | Ararat |
| Municipality | Artashat |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,034[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+4 |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 |
Hovtashen (Armenian: Հովտաշեն) is a village in the Artashat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia. The village was founded in the 1920s, and initially was mostly populated by Azeri people. In the 1930s, Armenians from Surmalu, Nakhchivan, and Nukha settled in the village; in the 1950s, people from Hatsavan and other villages of the Abovyan region, while in the 1970s, people from the Vayq (Azizbekov) region settled in the village.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ararat (Armenia): Towns and Villages in Municipalities". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ "Արարատի մարզպետարան". ararat.mtad.am. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
- Hovtashen 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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