Official Name: | Vaghashen |
Native Name: | Վաղաշեն |
Pushpin Map: | Armenia#Gegharkunik |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Armenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Gegharkunik |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Martuni |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Established Date: | 1828 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 4,267 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | AMT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 40.135°N 45.3289°W |
Elevation M: | 1956 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 1416 |
Vaghashen (Armenian: Վաղաշեն) is a village in the Martuni Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.
The village was known as Avdalagalu or Abdalaghalu until 1935.
There are two 16th-century churches in the village, and nearby are the ruins of Kyurdi Kogh and Aloyi Kogh cyclopean forts.[2]