Official Name: | Verin Getashen |
Native Name: | Վերին Գետաշեն |
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 Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1828-29 |
Area Total Km2: | 2.66 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 5,010 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | AMT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 40.1328°N 45.2486°W |
Elevation M: | 1976 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 1415 |
Verin Getashen (Armenian: Վերին Գետաշեն|lit=Upper Getashen) is a village in the Martuni Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, located just southwest of Lake Sevan. The village lies to the south of Nerkin Getashen. The village containts the St. Astvatsatsin and the St. Sargis churches.[2]
The village was founded 1828-29 by migrants from Mush and Alashkert, in present-day Eastern Turkey.[2]