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40°04′49″N 45°15′04″E / 40.08028°N 45.25111°E / 40.08028; 45.25111

Place in Gegharkunik, Armenia
Madina Մադինա
A view of MadinaA view of Madina
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Coordinates: 40°04′49″N 45°15′04″E / 40.08028°N 45.25111°E / 40.08028; 45.25111
CountryArmenia
ProvinceGegharkunik
MunicipalityMartuni
Population
 • Total1,111
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)
Madina, Armenia at GEOnet Names Server

Madina (Armenian: Մադինա) is a village in the Martuni Municipality of 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.

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. By 1911, the population had risen to 443 people.

Gallery

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

References

  1. Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
  2. Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2005). Rediscovering Armenia: Guide (2nd ed.). Yerevan: Matit Graphic Design Studio. p. 79. ISBN 99941-0-121-8.
  3. Сборник сведений о Кавказе. Vol. V. Тф. 1880. p. 107.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. Кавказский календарь на 1912 год [Caucasian calendar for 1912] (in Russian) (67th ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1912. p. 180. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021.

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Gegharkunik Province
Capital: Gavar
Urban settlements
Chambarak Municipality
Gavar Municipality
Martuni Municipality
Sevan Municipality
Shoghakat Municipality
Vardenis Municipality
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