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Gtashen (Armenian: Գտաշեն) is a village and rural community (municipality) in the Shirak Province of Armenia.

Gtashen Գտաշեն
Community
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Coordinates: 40°55′08″N 43°43′01″E
Country	Armenia
Marz (Province)	Shirak
Elevation	1,860 m (6,100 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	271
Time zone	UTC+4 ( )
Gtashen at GEOnet Names Server

History

Armenians and Azeris once lived in the village, as well as Greeks, who even had a church, of which a half-ruined wall remains in the center of the village. In 1988-1989 Armenians from Akhalkalaki, Gyumri, Talin, Amasia and Nagorno-Karabakh settled in the village.[1]

Population

According to 1912 publication of the Caucasian Calendar, 495 people, mainly Qarapapaqs lived in village Magaradjik of Kars Okrug of Kars Oblast.[2]

The community of Gtashen consists of the villages of Gtashen and Kamkhut. The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported that the community's population was 258 in 2010,[3] down from 378 at the 2001 census.[4]

Population per years is the following:[5]

Year	Population
1886	309
1908	480
1922	312
1959	557
1970	983
1979	925
1989	139
2001	378
2004	356

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