Hartagyugh

40°50′08″N 44°02′48″E / 40.83556°N 44.04667°E / 40.83556; 44.04667

Place in Lori, Armenia

Hartagyugh Հարթագյուղ

Hartagyugh
Coordinates: 40°50′08″N 44°02′48″E / 40.83556°N 44.04667°E / 40.83556; 44.04667
Country	Armenia
Province	Lori
Municipality	Spitak
Elevation	1,730 m (5,680 ft)
Population (2008)
• Total	1,265
Time zone	UTC+4
Website	http://bager.am/

Hartagyugh (Armenian: Հարթագյուղ) is a town in the Lori Province of Armenia. 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.^{[citation needed]}

History

During the 1920 Turkish–Armenian war, the village (known then as Ghaltakhchi) was occupied by Turkish forces and 2,100 of its inhabitants were massacred.^[1]

Demographics

The population of the village since 1831 is as follows:^[2]

Year	Population
1831	195
1897	1,514
1926	969
1939	1,507
1959	1,620
1970	1,722
1979	1,344
2001	1,226
2004	1,500
2008^{[citation needed]}	1,265

References

^ Galoyan, G.; Lazakhetsy, V. (2000). Հայաստանի Հանրապետությունը 1918-1920 թթ [The Republic of Armenia, 1918–1920] (PDF) (in Armenian). Yerevan: Publishing House "Science". p. 379. ISBN 5-8080-0436-5.
^ Հայաստանի Հանրապետության բնակավայրերի բառարան [Republic of Armenia settlements dictionary] (PDF) (in Armenian). Yerevan: Cadastre Committee of the Republic of Armenia. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2018.

Hartagyugh at GEOnet Names Server
World Gazeteer: Armenia^{[dead link]} – World-Gazetteer.com
Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia