Shirakamut

40°51′38″N 44°09′10″E / 40.86056°N 44.15278°E / 40.86056; 44.15278

Place in Lori, Armenia

Shirakamut Շիրակամուտ
Church in the village
Coat of arms
Shirakamut
Coordinates: 40°51′38″N 44°09′10″E / 40.86056°N 44.15278°E / 40.86056; 44.15278
Country	Armenia
Province	Lori
Elevation	1,650 m (5,410 ft)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	2,310
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)

Shirakamut or previously Nalband (Armenian: Շիրակամուտ) is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia. The town was the epicenter of 1988 Armenian earthquake.

Toponymy

After the Ruso-Turkish war in 1830 several families, such as Yeranosyan, Yeghiayaryan, Naslyan, etc. left their native land Basen in Ayrarat province of the Great Hayq^[2] and moved to the current area of Shirakamut or Nalband at the bank of Chichkhan river. The village is also known as Shirakarnut and previously as Nalband.

References

^ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
^ "Armenian nobility", Wikipedia, 2023-08-08, retrieved 2023-08-13

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cultural heritage monuments in Shirakamut, Lori.

Shirakamut 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