Kosh, Armenia
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| Kosh Կոշ |
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 Kosh
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| Coordinates: 40°18′09″N 44°09′25″E / 40.3025°N 44.15694°E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Marz (Province) | Aragatsotn |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 2,804 |
| Time zone | (UTC+4) |
| • Summer (DST) | (UTC+5) |
Coordinates: 40°18′09″N 44°09′25″E / 40.3025°N 44.15694°E Kosh (Armenian: Կոշ, also Romanized as Koghes; formerly, Kvash) is a village in the Ashtarak district, Aragatsotn province, Armenia, about 18 km south-west of the district centre Ashtarak. The town is attested as Kvash in early Christian times. In the town are ruins of a 13th century church - Saint Grigor - and a castle which has yielded Hellenistic pottery remains. There are numerous remainings from early Iron Age residential ruins and buildings of large basalt stone blocks.
[edit] References
- Kosh, Armenia at GEOnet Names Server
- World Gazeteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census
- Kiesling, Rediscoving Armenia, p. 17, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website
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