Mkhchyan

Mkhchyan
Մխչյան
Mkhchyan
Coordinates: 40°01′12″N 44°29′28″E / 40.02000°N 44.49111°E / 40.02000; 44.49111
Country Armenia
Province Ararat
Population (2008)
  Total 4,886

Coordinates: 40°01′12″N 44°29′28″E / 40.02000°N 44.49111°E / 40.02000; 44.49111 Mkhchyan (Armenian: Մխչյան), is a village in the Ararat Province of Armenia. The town is named after Liparit Mkchyan, a Soviet commander killed in 1921.[1]

References

  1. Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 25, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website
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