Gagarin, Armenia

40°32′13″N 44°51′28″E / 40.53694°N 44.85778°E / 40.53694; 44.85778

Place in Gegharkunik, Armenia

Gagarin Գագարին
Main road in Gagarin
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 40°32′13″N 44°51′28″E / 40.53694°N 44.85778°E / 40.53694; 44.85778
Country	Armenia
Province	Gegharkunik
Municipality	Sevan
Founded	1955
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	1,379
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)
Gagarin, Armenia at GEOnet Names Server

Gagarin (Armenian: Գագարին) is a village in the Sevan Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. It was founded in 1955 and named after the cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.^[2] Administratively, the village is under the subordination of the Sevan municipality.

Gallery

Yuri Gagarin's monument
Gagarin train station
Yuri Gagarin's monument
Scenery around Gagarin

References

^ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
^ Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 41, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website Archived June 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine