Geghadir ( hy, Գեղադիր), known as Kyarpichlu until 1935, is a village in the
Kotayk Province of
Armenia located on the
Yerevan–
Garni road. The ancestors of the inhabitants came from
Van
A van is a type of road vehicle used for transporting goods or people. Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and bigger than a common car. There is some varying in the scope of the word across th ...
,
Khnus,
Kars
Kars (; ku, Qers; ) is a city in northeast Turkey and the capital of Kars Province. Its population is 73,836 in 2011. Kars was in the ancient region known as ''Chorzene'', (in Greek Χορζηνή) in classical historiography ( Strabo), part of ...
, and
Bitlis in 1918–1924.
Կոտայքի մարզպետարան
/ref> Before that, the village was primarily populated by Turkic-speaking Muslims (i.e. Azerbaijanis
Azerbaijanis (; az, Azərbaycanlılar, ), Azeris ( az, Azərilər, ), or Azerbaijani Turks ( az, Azərbaycan Türkləri, ) are a Turkic people living mainly in northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan. They are the second-most numer ...
).[{{Cite web, url=http://www.aniarc.am/2021/07/14/geghadir-kotayk-marz-population-1831-1931/, title=Գեղադիր գյուղի բնակչությունը 1831-1931 թվականներին. Կոտայքի շրջան, date=14 July 2021, website=ANI Armenian Research Center, accessdate=24 July 2021]
References
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Populated places in Kotayk Province
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