Chambarak

Chambarak () is a town and capital of the Chambarak Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The current Chambarak town was formed by amalgamation of three settlements: Krasnoselsk, Lower Chambarak (Nerkin Chambarak) and Upper Chambarak (Verin Chambarak).

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Chambarak
Settlement.native_name: Ճամբարակ
Settlement.image_skyline: Chambarak collage.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: From top left:Khndzorkut Mountain • Chambarak Chapel Chambarak landscape and Mountains Town Panorama • Verin Chambarak
Settlement.pushpin_map: Armenia#Gegharkunik
Settlement.mapsize: 150px
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Gegharkunik
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Chambarak
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 1830s
Settlement.area_total_km2: 6
Settlement.population_as_of: 2022
Settlement.population_total: 5,468
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.timezone: AMT

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Красносельск
Population: 5850
Area: 6
Elevation: 1840
Official website: chambarak.am
Image: Chambarak landscape.jpg

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Commons category: Chambarak
inception: 1830-00-00
postal code: 1301–1304

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==Etymology== The town was known as Mikhaylovka until 1920, Karmir Gyugh from 1920 to 1971 and Krasnoselsk from 1972 to 1991, after which the town has been known as Chambarak. Karmir Gyugh and Krasnoselsk both mean "Red Village" in Armenian and Russian respectively.