Gharibjanyan
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Coordinates: 40°44′46″N 43°47′49″E / 40.74611°N 43.79694°E
| Gharibjanyan Ղարիբջանյան |
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 Gharibjanyan
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| Coordinates: 40°44′46″N 43°47′49″E / 40.74611°N 43.79694°E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Marz (Province) | Shirak |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 953 |
| Time zone | (UTC+4) |
| • Summer (DST) | (UTC+5) |
Gharibjanyan (Armenian: Ղարիբջանյան, also Romanized as Gharibjanian, Karibdzhanyan, Garibjanyan, and Garibdzhanyan; formerly, Gharakilisa, then until 1935, Alexandrovka and Aleksandrovka) is a town in the Shirak Province of Armenia. The town was renamed in 1935 in honor of Bolshevik leader Bagrat Gharibjanian, killed in 1920.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Kiesling, Rediscoving Armenia, p. 79, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website
- Gharibjanyan at GEOnet Names Server
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia
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