Tashir
Also known as Kalinino, Rykovo, Vorontsovka
Tashir () is a town and urban municipal community located in Lori Province at the north of Armenia. It is located north of the provincial centre Vanadzor and north of the capital Yerevan. As per the January 2023 official estimate, the population of Tashir was around 7,300.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Tashir
- Settlement.native_name
- Տաշիր
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Armenia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Lori
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1844
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 5.6
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
- Settlement.population_total
- 7,424
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Tashir () is a town and urban municipal community located in Lori Province at the north of Armenia. It is located north of the provincial centre Vanadzor and north of the capital Yerevan. As per the January 2023 official estimate, the population of Tashir was around 7,300.
== Etymology == Tashir was first mentioned by the Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi in his 5th-century monumental work History of Armenia as one of the cantons of the lords of Gugark.
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