Vahan, Armenie

Vahan Վահան
Vahan Վահան
Coordinates: 40°34′12″N 45°23′44″E
Kintra	Armenie
Marz (Province)	Gegharkunik
Foondit	1925
Population  (2008)
• Total	1,252
Time zone	UTC+4 ( )
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5 ( )

Vahan (Armenie: Վահան; umwhile, Ordzhonikidze or Orjonikidze) is a toun in the Gegharkunik Province o Armenie. When the toun wis foondit in 1925, it wis namit in honor o Soviet politeecian an politburo memmer, Sergo Ordzhonikidze. Nearbi upon a hill towards the eastren end o the toun is a Early Iron Age cyclopean fort.

References

• Vahan, Armenie at GEOnet Names Server
• World Gazeteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie
• Kiesling, Brady (2005), Rediscovering Armenia: Guide, Yerevan, Armenie: Matit Graphic Design Studio
• Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 49; oreeginal airchived at Archive.org, an current version online on Armeniapedia.org.