40°50′08″N 44°02′48″E / 40.83556°N 44.04667°E / 40.83556; 44.04667
Place in Lori, Armenia| Hartagyugh Հարթագյուղ | |
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  Hartagyugh | |
| Coordinates: 40°50′08″N 44°02′48″E / 40.83556°N 44.04667°E / 40.83556; 44.04667 | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Province | Lori |
| Municipality | Spitak |
| Elevation | 1,730 m (5,680 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,265 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 |
| Website | http://bager.am/ |
Hartagyugh (Armenian: Հարթագյուղ) is a town in the Lori Province of Armenia. The village was founded in 1820 by Western Armenian immigrants. The ancestors of the inhabitants came from Basen, Mush, Erzurum, Alashkert, Van and Kars. The settlement has existed since the 4th millennium BC.
History
During the 1920 Turkish–Armenian war, the village (known then as Ghaltakhchi) was occupied by Turkish forces and 2,100 of its inhabitants were massacred.
Demographics
The population of the village since 1831 is as follows:
| Year | Population |
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| 1831 | 195 |
| 1897 | 1,514 |
| 1926 | 969 |
| 1939 | 1,507 |
| 1959 | 1,620 |
| 1970 | 1,722 |
| 1979 | 1,344 |
| 2001 | 1,226 |
| 2004 | 1,500 |
| 2008 | 1,265 |
References
- Galoyan, G.; Lazakhetsy, V. (2000). Հայաստանի Հանրապետությունը 1918-1920 թթ [The Republic of Armenia, 1918–1920] (PDF) (in Armenian). Yerevan: Publishing House "Science". p. 379. ISBN 5-8080-0436-5.
- Հայաստանի Հանրապետության բնակավայրերի բառարան [Republic of Armenia settlements dictionary] (PDF) (in Armenian). Yerevan: Cadastre Committee of the Republic of Armenia. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2018.
- Hartagyugh at GEOnet Names Server
- World Gazeteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
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