Madina, Armenia
40°04′49″N 45°15′04″E / 40.08028°N 45.25111°E
Madina
Մադինա | |
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 A view of Madina | |
  Madina  Madina | |
| Coordinates: 40°04′49″N 45°15′04″E / 40.08028°N 45.25111°E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Province | Gegharkunik |
| Municipality | Martuni |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,111 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AMT) |
| Madina, Armenia at GEOnet Names Server | |
Madina (Armenian: Մադինա) is a village in the Martuni Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. To the west of Madina is Mount Armaghan, an extinct volcano that rises 450 meters higher than the surrounding plain with a small crater lake at its center.[2]
History
[edit]According to the Russian statistical source Sbornik svedenij o Kavkaze, the village of Madina had as of 1873 a population of 208 people, all of them Azeris.[3] By 1911, the population had risen to 443 people.[4]
Gallery
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Chapel on Mount Armaghan -
On top of Mount Armaghan -
Cemetery on top of Mount Armaghan
References
[edit]- ^ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
- ^ Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2005). Rediscovering Armenia: Guide (2nd ed.). Yerevan: Matit Graphic Design Studio. p. 79. ISBN 99941-0-121-8.
- ^ Сборник сведений о Кавказе. Vol. V. Тф. 1880. p. 107.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Кавказский календарь на 1912 год [Caucasian calendar for 1912] (in Russian) (67th ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1912. p. 180. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Madina, Armenia.
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
- Kiesling, Brady (June 2000). Rediscovering Armenia: An Archaeological/Touristic Gazetteer and Map Set for the Historical Monuments of Armenia (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 November 2021.
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