Hayanist

Coordinates: 40°07′11″N 44°22′39″E / 40.11972°N 44.37750°E

Hayanist
Հայանիստ

Hayanist as seen from the air in the background
Hayanist
Coordinates: 40°07′11″N 44°22′39″E / 40.11972°N 44.37750°E
Country Armenia
Marz (Province) Ararat
Population (2008)
  Total 2,206
Time zone   (UTC+4)

Hayanist (Armenian: Հայանիստ) was known as Gharaghshlar until 1978 and Dostlugh until 1989, is a village in the Ararat Province of Armenia. The village's population is largely refugees from the population exchange with Azerbaijan in 1988-1989.[1]

References

  1. Kiesling, Rediscoving Armenia, p. 24, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website