Mrgashen

40°17′06″N 44°32′32″E / 40.28500°N 44.54222°E / 40.28500; 44.54222

Place in Kotayk, Armenia

Mrgashen
Մրգաշեն

Coordinates: 40°17′06″N 44°32′32″E / 40.28500°N 44.54222°E / 40.28500; 44.54222CountryArmeniaMarz (Province)KotaykFounded1950^[1]/March 1960Area

• Total10.97 km² (4.24 sq mi)Elevation

1,280 m (4,200 ft)Population

(2008)

• Total1,763 • Density160/km² (420/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+4 ( )

Mrgashen (Armenian: Մրգաշեն; until 1964, "the village attached to Sovkhoz No. 36") is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. It is located along the left bank of the Arzni-Shamiram aqueduct. Mrgashen was officially founded in March 1960 around the state-owned collective farm or sovkhoz No. 6. The local economy is highly dependent on agriculture, based primarily on orchard cultivation and pig or cattle-breeding. The community currently has a school, kindergarten, house of culture (seating for 300), medical station (with 6 employees), and a library. 60% of households receive natural gas and drinking water for the village comes from the Arzakan-Yerevan network, while water for irrigation comes from the Arzni-Shamiram aqueduct.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2005). Rediscovering Armenia: Guide (2nd ed.). Yerevan: Matit Graphic Design Studio. p. 100. ISBN 99941-0-121-8.
^ "Mrgashen(Kotayk)". CAA: Union of Communities of Armenia. Retrieved June 2, 2015.

Mrgashen at GEOnet Names Server
World Gazeteer: Armenia^{[dead link]} – World-Gazetteer.com
Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia