Beniamin
Beniamin Բենիամին Chalovkhan | |
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40°41′N 43°51′E / 40.683°N 43.850°E / 40.683; 43.850 | |
Country | Armenia |
Province | Shirak |
Municipality | Akhuryan |
Elevation | 1,540 m (5,050 ft) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 745 |
Time zone | UTC+4 |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+5 |
Beniamin at GEOnet Names Server |
Beniamin (Armenian: Բենիամին) is a village in the Akhuryan Municipality of 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] According to Ghevont Alishan, the old name of the village is "Chlofkhan or Chalovkhan", and was founded in 1828-1830 in the territory of the historical city of Draskhanakert.[2] The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its population was 745 in 2010,[3] up from 702 at the 2001 census.[4]
Demographics
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Historical and cultural structures
"Tukh Manuk" chapel and Zham church are located in Beniamin.[6]
Education
There is a school in the village, where, in addition to the school curriculum, children are involved in extracurricular programs: art and craft groups, debate club, healthy lifestyle seminars.
With the efforts of the Children of Armenia Fund, trainings are being carried out for local medical workers.
Gallery
- "Tukh Manuk" chapel
- Monument in the honor of Armenians who fought in the Great Patriotic War
- Monument in the honor of Armenians who fought in the Great Patriotic War
- Monument to General Major Benjamin Hovhannes Galstyan, Hero of the Soviet Union
- Beniamin school
- Beniamin church (Zham), 1871
References
- ^ Kiesling, Brady (June 2000). Rediscovering Armenia: An Archaeological/Touristic Gazetteer and Map Set for the Historical Monuments of Armenia (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 November 2021.
- ^ Alishan, Ghevont (1881). Shirak (in Armenian). Venice.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Marzes of Armenia and Yerevan City in Figures, 2010" (PDF). Statistical Committee of Armenia.
- ^ Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
- ^ Հայաստանի Հանրապետության բնակավայրերի բառարան [Republic of Armenia settlements dictionary] (PDF) (in Armenian). Yerevan: Cadastre Committee of the Republic of Armenia. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2018.
- ^ hushardzantest. "ԲԵՆԻԱՄԻՆ". Պատմամշակութային արգելոց-թանգարանների և պատմական միջավայրի պահպանության ծառայության (in Amharic). Retrieved 2022-08-20.
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