Nahapetavan

Coordinates: 40°36′N 44°01′E / 40.600°N 44.017°E

Nahapetavan
Նահապետավան
Nahapetavan
Coordinates: 40°36′N 44°01′E / 40.600°N 44.017°E
Country Armenia
Marz (Province) Shirak
Population (2001)
  Total 817
Time zone   (UTC+4)
  Summer (DST)   (UTC+5)

Nahapetavan (Armenian: Նահապետավան, also Romanized as Nagapetavan; until 1935, Khachakilisa, from 1935 to 1961, Paros) is a town in the Shirak Province of Armenia. The town was renamed in 1961 in honor of Nagapet (or Nahapet) Kurghinian, a participant in the Bolshevik uprising in May 1920.[1]

References

  1. Kiesling, Rediscoving Armenia, p. 77, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website