Tsaghkasar
Tsaghkasar (Armenian: Ծաղկասար, also Romanized as Tsakhkasar; formerly, Verkhniy Pirtikan, Verin Pirtikan, and Pirtikyan) is a town in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The town has a shrine dedicated to Tadevos the Apostle and ruins of a cycoplean fort.
Tsaghkasar
Ծաղկասար | |
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  Tsaghkasar | |
| Coordinates: 40°27′58″N 43°53′59″E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Marz (Province) | Aragatsotn |
| Elevation | 1,990 m (6,530 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 71 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 ( ) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 ( ) |
See also
References
- Tsaghkasar at GEOnet Names Server
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
- Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 19, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website
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