Gtashen

Gtashen (Armenian: Գտաշեն) is a village in the Amasia Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia.

Gtashen Գտաշեն
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Coordinates: 40°55′08″N 43°43′01″E
Country	Armenia
Province	Shirak
Municipality	Amasia
Elevation	1,860 m (6,100 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	271[1]
Time zone	UTC+4
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History

Armenians and Azeris once lived in the village, as well as Greeks, who even had a church, of which a half-ruined wall remains in the center of the village. In 1988-1989 Armenians from Akhalkalaki, Gyumri, Talin, Amasia and Nagorno-Karabakh settled in the village.^[2]

Demographics

According to 1912 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, 495 people, mainly Karapapakhs lived in village Magaradjik of Kars Okrug of Kars Oblast.^[3]

The community of Gtashen consists of the villages of Gtashen and Kamkhut. The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported that the community's population was 258 in 2010,^[4] down from 378 at the 2001 census.^[5]

The population of the village since 1886 is as follows:^[6]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1886	309	—
1908	480	+2.02%
1922	312	−3.03%
1959	557	+1.58%
1970	983	+5.30%
1979	925	−0.67%
1989	139	−17.27%
2001	378	+8.69%
2011	356	−0.60%
Source: [6]