Geghi

Place in Syunik, Armenia

Geghi Գեղի
39°13′12″N 46°09′20″E / 39.22000°N 46.15556°E / 39.22000; 46.15556
Country	Armenia
Province	Syunik
Municipality	Kajaran
Area ^[1]
• Total	68.67 km² (26.51 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[2]
• Total	172
• Density	2.5/km² (6.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)

Geghi (Armenian: Գեղի) is a village in the Kajaran Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia.

History

The village had 570 inhabitants in 1959, 932 in 1970 and 1,115 inhabitants in 1979.^[3]

Population

The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported the community's population as 172 at the 2011 Armenian census,^[2] up from 138 in 2010,^[4] but down from 227 at the 2001 census.^[5]

Municipal administration

Geghi was previously a community which included the villages of Geghi, Geghavank, Kard, Kitsk, Verin Geghavank and Karut, until the June 2017 administrative and territorial reforms, when the village became a part of the Kajaran Municipality.^[6]^[7]

References

^ "Syunik regional e-Governance System" (in Armenian). Syunik Province provincial government. Click on link entitled "Համայնքներ" (community) and search for the place by Armenian name.
^ ^a ^b "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF). Statistical Committee of Armenia.
^ (in Armenian) T. Kh. Hakobyan, St. T. Melik-Bakhshyan, H. Kh. Barseghyan «Երևան» (Yerevan). Dictionary of Toponymy of Armenia and Adjacent Territories. vol. v. Yerevan, Armenia: Yerevan State University 1986. p.909
^ "Marzes of Armenia and Yerevan City in Figures, 2010" (PDF). Statistical Committee of Armenia.
^ Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
^ "Հայաստանի 328 համայնքների միավորմամբ կձևավորվի 34 համայնք. ԱԺ-ն քննարկում է ծրագիրը". Archived from the original on 2017-12-18. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
^ Syunik Province communities