Beniamin

Beniamin
Բենիամին
community
Beniamin
Coordinates: 40°41′N 43°51′E / 40.683°N 43.850°E / 40.683; 43.850Coordinates: 40°41′N 43°51′E / 40.683°N 43.850°E / 40.683; 43.850
Country  Armenia
Marz (Province) Shirak
Population (2010)
 • Total 745
Time zone   (UTC+4)
 • Summer (DST)   (UTC+5)
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Beniamin (Armenian: Բենիամին; until 1945, Jlovkhan or Chlokhan) is a village and rural community (municipality) in the Shirak Province of Armenia. The town was renamed in 1945 in honor of Beniamin Galstian, a World War II general and native of the town.[1] The National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia (ARMSTAT) reported its population was 745 in 2010,[2] up from 702 at the 2001 census.[3]

Population

Population per years is the following.[4]

Year 1897 1926 1939 1959 1970 1979 1989 2001 2004 2014
Pop. 561 442 604 546 531 500 751 702 711 750

References

  1. ↑ Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 76, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website Archived June 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ "Marzes of the Republic of Armenia and Yerevan City in Figures, 2010" (PDF). National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia (ARMSTAT).
  3. ↑ Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia
  4. ↑ "Dictionary of Armenian residences (Հայաստանի հանրապետության բնակավայրերի բառարան), page 44" (PDF). Retrieved April 18, 2014.


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