Mrgashen

40°17′06″N 44°32′32″E

Mrgashen Մրգաշեն
Mrgashen Մրգաշեն
Coordinates: 40°17′06″N 44°32′32″E
Country	Armenia
Marz (Province)	Kotayk
Founded	1950[1]/March 1960
Area
• Total	10.97 km2 (4.24 sq mi)
Elevation	1,280 m (4,200 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,933[2]
Time zone	UTC+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 six employees), and a library. Sixty percent 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][3]

See also

• Kotayk Province