Vanashen

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Vanashen
Vanashen (Armenia )
Vanashen
Vanashen
Coordinates: 39°54′0″N 44°41′0″E / 39.9, 44.68333
Country Armenia
Province Ararat
Population (2008)
 - Total 2,409
Time zone UTC (UTC+4)
 - Summer (DST) DST (UTC+5)

Vanashen is a town in the Ararat province of Armenia. Before 1978, it was known as Taytan.[1]

It is one of the sites of the USAID Community Partnership for Health program. [2]

[edit] Sources

  1. ^ Rediscovering Armenia Guidebook - Ararat Marz section by Brady Kiesling, and edited by Raffi Kojian (from armeniapedia.org)
  2. ^ Entry at armenia.usaid.gov