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Karashamb (Armenian: Քարաշամբ, also Romanized as K’arashamb and Qarashamb) is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia.

Karashamb Քարաշամբ
Karashamb
Coordinates: 40°24′18″N 44°34′35″E
Country	Armenia
Marz (Province)	Kotayk
Population  (2001)
• Total	676
Time zone	UTC+4 ( )

Karashamb is the site of a major archaeological excavation of a Bronze Age cemetery with a number of barrows. The richest was a "royal" sepulchre where a silver cup, now one of the treasures of the National Museum, was discovered.[1]

See also

• Kotayk Province

References

Sources

• Karashamb at GEOnet Names Server
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia

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