Official Name: | Mrgashen Մրգաշեն |
Pushpin Map: | Armenia |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Armenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Marz (Province) |
Subdivision Name1: | Kotayk |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1950/March 1960 |
Area Total Km2: | 10.97 |
Population As Of: | 2008 |
Population Total: | 1763 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 40.285°N 44.5422°W |
Elevation M: | 1280 |
Mrgashen (Armenian: Մրգաշեն; until 1964, "the village attached to Sovkhoz No. 36") is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. It is located along the left bank of the Arzni-Shamiram aqueduct. Mrgashen was officially founded in March 1960 around the state-owned collective farm, or Sovkhoz No. 6. The local economy is highly dependent on agriculture, based primarily on orchard cultivation and pig or cattle breeding. The community currently has a school, kindergarten, house of culture (seating for 300), medical station (with six employees), and a library. Sixty percent of households receive natural gas, and drinking water for the village comes from the Arzakan-Yerevan network, while water for irrigation comes from the Arzni-Shamiram aqueduct.[1] [2]