Madina (Armenian: Մադինա) is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. 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 at its center.[2]

Madina Մադինա
A view of Madina
Madina Show map of Armenia Madina Show map of Gegharkunik
Coordinates: 40°04′49″N 45°15′04″E
Country	Armenia
Province	Gegharkunik
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	1,111
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)
Madina, Armenia at GEOnet Names Server

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.[3] By 1911, the population had risen to 443 people.[4]

Gallery

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  Chapel on Mount Armaghan
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  On top of Mount Armaghan
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  Cemetery on top of Mount Armaghan

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Madina, Armenia.

• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
• Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 45; original archived at Archive.org, and current version online on Armeniapedia.org.

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[ru] Мадина (Армения)