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Tsaghkashen, Gegharkunik

Place in Gegharkunik, Armenia

Tsaghkashen Ծաղկաշեն
St. Hovhannes Church in Tsaghkashen
40°18′17″N 45°03′19″E / 40.30472°N 45.05528°E / 40.30472; 45.05528
Country	Armenia
Province	Gegharkunik
Municipality	Gavar
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	470
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)
Tsaghkashen, Gegharkunik at GEOnet Names Server

Tsaghkashen (Armenian: Ծաղկաշեն) is a village in the Gavar Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.

Etymology

The village was previously known as Kyarimkend.

The village was founded in 1859. The village church dedicated to St. Hovhannes dates to the 9th-10th century.

^ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).

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