Shirakamut

40°51′38″N 44°09′10″E / 40.86056°N 44.15278°E / 40.86056; 44.15278

Shirakamut Շիրակամուտ
Church in the village
Coat of arms
Shirakamut
Coordinates: 40°51′38″N 44°09′10″E / 40.86056°N 44.15278°E / 40.86056; 44.15278
Country	Armenia
Province	Lori
Elevation	1,650 m (5,410 ft)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	2,310
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)

Shirakamut or previously Nalband (Armenian: Շիրակամուտ) is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia. The town was the epicenter of 1988 Armenian earthquake.

Toponymy

After the Ruso-Turkish war in 1830 several families, such as Yeranosyan, Yeghiayaryan, Naslyan, etc. left their native land Basen in Ayrarat province of the Great Hayq^[2] and moved to the current area of Shirakamut or Nalband at the bank of Chichkhan river. The village is also known as Shirakarnut and previously as Nalband.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cultural heritage monuments in Shirakamut, Lori.

• Shirakamut at GEOnet Names Server
• World Gazeteer: Armenia^{[dead link]} – World-Gazetteer.com
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia

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