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40°21′23″N 43°59′31″E / 40.35639°N 43.99194°E / 40.35639; 43.99194

Place in Aragatsotn, Armenia
Nerkin Sasnashen Ներքին Սասնաշեն
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Coordinates: 40°21′43″N 43°58′58″E / 40.36194°N 43.98278°E / 40.36194; 43.98278
CountryArmenia
ProvinceAragatsotn
MunicipalityTalin
Population
 • Total904
Time zoneUTC+4
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5

Nerkin Sasnashen (Armenian: Ներքին Սասնաշեն) is a village in the Talin Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. It is home to the ruins of a 7th-century Armenian monastery. The village contains a granite memorial marking the crash site of a United States Air Force C-130 shot down by Soviet MiG-17s on 2 September 1958 with the loss of 17 U.S. personnel.

Joint US-Armenian memorial to the 1958 C-130 shootdown incident

References

  1. "Aragatsotn (Armenia): Towns and Villages in Municipalities". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  2. Mirror-Spectator, The Armenian (2018-08-10). "60th Anniversary of Shoot-Down of USAF Aircraft over Armenia". The Armenian Mirror-Spectator. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
Aragatsotn Province
Capital: Ashtarak
Urban settlements
Alagyaz Municipality
Aparan Municipality
Aragatsavan Municipality
Arevut Municipality
Ashtarak Municipality
Metsadzor Municipality
Shamiram Municipality
Talin Municipality
Tsaghkahovit Municipality
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