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Beniamin (Armenian: Բենիամին) is a village and rural community (municipality) in the Shirak Province of Armenia. The town was renamed in 1945 in honor of Beniamin Galstian, a World War II general and native of the town.[1] According to Ghevont Alishan, the old name of the village is "Chlofkhan or Chalovkhan", and was founded in 1828-1830 in the territory of the historical city of Draskhanakert.[2] The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its population was 745 in 2010,[3] up from 702 at the 2001 census.[4]
Beniamin
Բենիամին Chalovkhan | |
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  Beniamin  Beniamin | |
| Coordinates: 40°41′N 43°51′E | |
| Country |  Armenia |
| Marz (Province) | Shirak |
| Named for | Beniamin Galstian |
| Elevation | 1,540 m (5,050 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 745 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 ( ) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 ( ) |
| Beniamin at GEOnet Names Server | |
Population
Population per years is the following.[5]
| Year | 1831[6] | 1873[6] | 1897 | 1926 | 1939 | 1959 | 1970 | 1979 | 1989 | 2001 | 2004 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | 109 | 347 | 561 | 442 | 604 | 546 | 531 | 500 | 751 | 702 | 724 | 750 |
Historical and cultural structures
"Tukh Manuk" chapel and Zham church are located in Beniamin.[7]
Education
There is a school in the village, where, in addition to the school curriculum, children are involved in extracurricular programs: art and craft groups, debate club, healthy lifestyle seminars.
With the efforts of the Children of Armenia Fund, trainings are being carried out for local medical workers.
Gallery
"Tukh Manuk" chapel
Monument in the honor of Armenians who fought in the Great Patriotic War
Monument in the honor of Armenians who fought in the Great Patriotic War
Monument to General Major Benjamin Hovhannes Galstyan, Hero of the Soviet Union
Beniamin school
Beniamin church (Zham), 1871
References
- Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 76, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website Archived June 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- Alishan, Ghevont (1881). Shirak (in Armenian). Venice.
- "Marzes of Armenia and Yerevan City in Figures, 2010" (PDF). Statistical Committee of Armenia.
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
- Հայաստանի Հանրապետության բնակավայրերի բառարան [Republic of Armenia settlements dictionary] (PDF) (in Armenian). Yerevan: Cadastre Committee of the Republic of Armenia. 2008. p. 44. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2018.
- Korkotyan, Zaven (1932). Խորհրդային Հայաստանի բնակչությունը վերջին հարյուրամյակում (1831-1931) [The population of Soviet Armenia in the last century (1831-1931)] (PDF) (in Armenian). Yerevan: Pethrat. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2022.
- hushardzantest. "ԲԵՆԻԱՄԻՆ". Պատմամշակութային արգելոց-թանգարանների և պատմական միջավայրի պահպանության ծառայության (in Amharic). Retrieved 2022-08-20.
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- [en] Beniamin
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