Vanashen

Place in Ararat, Armenia
Vanashen
Վանաշեն
39°54′N 44°41′E / 39.900°N 44.683°E / 39.900; 44.683
CountryArmenia
ProvinceArarat
MunicipalityVedi
Population
 (2008)
 • Total2,409
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (DST)

39°54′N 44°41′E / 39.900°N 44.683°E / 39.900; 44.683

Vanashen (Armenian: Վանաշեն) is a village in the Vedi Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia. Before 1978, it was known as Taytan.[1]

Armenian Genocide Memorial, Vanashen

It is one of the sites of the USAID Community Partnership for Health program. [2]

See also

  • Ararat Province

References

  1. ^ Rediscovering Armenia Guidebook - Ararat Marz section by Brady Kiesling, and edited by Raffi Kojian (from armeniapedia.org)
  2. ^ Entry at armenia.usaid.gov

External links

  • Vanashen at GEOnet Names Server
  • World-Gazetteer.com entry on Vanashen at archive.today (archived 2013-02-09)
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Capital: Artashat
Urban settlements
Ararat MunicipalityArtashat MunicipalityMasis MunicipalityVedi MunicipalityVerin Dvin Municipality
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