Geghi Explained

Official Name:Geghi
Native Name:Գեղի
Pushpin Map:Armenia#Syunik
Mapsize:150px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Syunik
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Kajaran
Area Total Km2:68.67
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:172
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:AMT
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:39.22°N 46.1556°W

Geghi (Armenian: Գեղի) is a village in the Kajaran Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia.

History

The village had 570 inhabitants in 1959, 932 in 1970 and 1,115 inhabitants in 1979.[2]

Population

The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported the community's population as 172 at the 2011 Armenian census,[1] up from 138 in 2010, but down from 227 at the 2001 census.

Municipal administration

Geghi was previously a community which included the villages of Geghi, Geghavank, Kard, Kitsk, Verin Geghavank and Karut, until the June 2017 administrative and territorial reforms, when the village became a part of the Kajaran Municipality.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia. Statistical Committee of Armenia.
  2. T. Kh. Hakobyan, St. T. Melik-Bakhshyan, H. Kh. Barseghyan «Երևան» (Yerevan). Dictionary of Toponymy of Armenia and Adjacent Territories. vol. v. Yerevan, Armenia: Yerevan State University 1986. p.909
  3. Web site: Հայաստանի 328 համայնքների միավորմամբ կձևավորվի 34 համայնք. ԱԺ-ն քննարկում է ծրագիրը . 2021-01-03 . 2017-12-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171218223556/http://www.lragir.am/index/arm/0/country/view/155056 . dead .
  4. http://syunik.mtad.am/about-communities/ Syunik Province communities