Nerkin Sasnashen
Coordinates: 40°21′23″N 43°59′31″E / 40.35639°N 43.99194°E
| Nerkin Sasnashen Ներքին Սասնաշեն | |
|---|---|
  Nerkin Sasnashen | |
| Coordinates: 40°21′43″N 43°58′58″E / 40.36194°N 43.98278°E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Marz (Province) | Aragatsotn |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 999 |
| Time zone | (UTC+4) |
| • Summer (DST) | (UTC) |
Nerkin Sasnashen (Armenian: Ներքին Սասնաշեն); formerly known as Nerkin Karakoymaz and Nerkin Sasunashen, is a village in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. It is home to the ruins of a 7th-century Armenian monastery. The village contains a granite memorial marking the crash site of a United States Air Force C-130 shot down by Soviet MiG-17s on 2 September 1958 with the loss of 17 U.S. personnel.
References
- Nerkin Sasnashen at GEOnet Names Server
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census
- Kiesling, Rediscoving Armenia, p. 18, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website
