Hartagyugh ( hy, Հարթագյուղ) is a town in the
Lori Province of
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 ' ...
. The village was founded in 1820 by Western Armenian immigrants. The ancestors of the inhabitants came from Basen, Mush, Erzurum, Alashkert, Van and Kars. The settlement has existed since the 4th millennium BC.
History
During the 1920
Turkish–Armenian war
The Turkish–Armenian war ( hy, Հայ-թուրքական պատերազմ), known in Turkey as the Eastern Front ( tr, Doğu Cephesi) of the Turkish War of Independence, was a conflict between the First Republic of Armenia and the Turkish ...
, the village (known then as ''Ghaltakhchi'') was occupied by
Turkish forces and 2,100 of its inhabitants were massacred.
Demographics
The population of the village since 1831 is as follows:
References
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World Gazeteer: Armenia– World-Gazetteer.com
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Populated places in Lori Province
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