Madina ( hy, Մադինա) is a village in the

Martuni Municipality Gegharkunik ( hy, Գեղարքունիք, ) is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is Gavar. Gegharkunik Province is located at the eastern part of Armenia, bordering Azerbaijan. It includes the exclave of Artsvash ...

of the

Gegharkunik Province Gegharkunik ( hy, Գեղարքունիք, ) is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is Gavar. Gegharkunik Province is located at the eastern part of Armenia, bordering Azerbaijan. It includes the exclave of Artsvas ...

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 ' ...

. 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 Crater Lake ( Klamath: ''Giiwas'') is a volcanic crater lake in south-central Oregon in the western United States. It is the main feature of Crater Lake National Park and is famous for its deep blue color and water clarity. The lake partly fill ...

at its center.

History

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 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 nume ...

. By 1911, the population had risen to 443 people.

Gallery

Արմաղանի մատուռ.jpg, Chapel on Mount Armaghan Արմաղան. գերեզմանոց 02.jpg, On top of Mount Armaghan Արմաղան. գերեզմանոց 03.jpg, Cemetery on top of Mount Armaghan

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* * Populated places in Gegharkunik Province Populated places established in 1922 Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union {{gegharkunik-geo-stub