Geghi ( hy, Գեղի) is a village in the
Kajaran Municipality
Kajaran Municipality, referred to as Kajaran Community ( hy, Քաջարան Համայնք ''Kajaran Hamaynk''), is an urban community and administrative subdivision of Syunik Province of Armenia, at the south of the country. Composed of a group o ...
of the
Syunik Province
Syunik ( hy, Սյունիք, ) is the southernmost province of Armenia. It is bordered by the Vayots Dzor Province to the north, Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic exclave to the west, Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran to the south. I ...
in
Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...
.
History
The village had 570 inhabitants in 1959, 932 in 1970 and 1,115 inhabitants in 1979.
[ T. Kh. Hakobyan, St. T. Melik-Bakhshyan, H. Kh. Barseghyan ''«Երևան»'' (Yerevan). Dictionary of Toponymy of Armenia and Adjacent Territories. vol. v. Yerevan, Armenia: ]Yerevan State University
Yerevan State University (YSU; hy, Երևանի Պետական Համալսարան, ԵՊՀ, ''Yerevani Petakan Hamalsaran''), also simply University of Yerevan, is the oldest continuously operating public university in Armenia. Founded in 1919 ...
1986. p.909
Population
The
Statistical Committee of Armenia
The Statistical Committee of Armenia (Armenian: Հայաստանի վիճակագրական կոմիտե) is the national statistical agency of Armenia.
History
The statistical institution started its main activities on 7 January 1922 and was ...
reported the community's population as 172 at the 2011 Armenian census,
up from 138 in 2010, but down from 227 at the 2001 census.
Municipal administration
Geghi was previously a community which included the villages of Geghi,
Geghavank
Geghavank ( hy, Գեղավանք, also Romanized as Geghavank’) is an abandoned village in the Kajaran Municipality of Syunik Province, Armenia. Geghavank is listed as unpopulated in the 2011 Armenian census.
See also
*Syunik Province
Syu ...
,
Kard
A kard ( fa, کارد, kārd, knife) is the equivalent in the Persian language for knife.
In the specialist jargon, Kard is considered a type of knife found in the Persianate societies like Persia, Turkey, Armenia and all the way to India. Most ...
,
Kitsk
Kitsk ( hy, Կիցք), is an abandoned village in the Kajaran Municipality of Syunik Province of Armenia. The National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia
The Statistical Committee of Armenia ( Armenian: Հայաստանի վիճակա ...
,
Verin Geghavank
Verin Geghavank ( hy, Վերին Գեղավանք) is an abandoned village in the Kajaran Municipality of Syunik Province of Armenia.
Population
Statistical Committee of Armenia
The Statistical Committee of Armenia (Armenian language, Armenia ...
and
Karut
Karut ( hy, Քարուտ); is an abandoned village in the Kajaran Municipality of Syunik Province of Armenia.
Population
600 people lived in the village in 1987. Statistical Committee of Armenia
The Statistical Committee of Armenia (Armenian l ...
, until the June 2017 administrative and territorial reforms, when the village became a part of the
Kajaran Municipality
Kajaran Municipality, referred to as Kajaran Community ( hy, Քաջարան Համայնք ''Kajaran Hamaynk''), is an urban community and administrative subdivision of Syunik Province of Armenia, at the south of the country. Composed of a group o ...
.
Syunik Province communities
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References
Populated places in Syunik Province
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