Vanashen

Don't confuse this with Vazashen, Armenia, which is further north.
Vanashen
Վանաշեն
Vanashen
Coordinates: 39°54′N 44°41′E / 39.900°N 44.683°E
Country Armenia
Province Ararat
Population (2008)
  Total 2,409
Time zone UTC (UTC+4)
  Summer (DST) DST (UTC+5)

Coordinates: 39°54′N 44°41′E / 39.900°N 44.683°E Vanashen (Armenian: Վանաշեն; formerly, Taytan and Taitan) 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]

References

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