40°04′04″N 43°59′08″E / 40.06778°N 43.98556°E Nalbandyan (Armenian: Նալբանդյան, also Romanized as Nalbandian; formerly Shahriar), is a major village in the Armavir Province of Armenia near the Armenia–Turkey border. It is named after poet Mikael Nalbandian. 20% of the population (around 895 individuals) in Nalbandyan are from the Yazidi minority.
Nalbandyan
Նալբանդյան | |
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 Monument in Nalbandyan village, 2016 | |
  Nalbandyan | |
| Coordinates: 40°04′04″N 43°59′08″E / 40.06778°N 43.98556°E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Province | Armavir |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 4,863 |
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- Nalbandyan, Armenia at GEOnet Names Server
- World Gazeteer: Armenia[dead link] – World-Gazetteer.com
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
- Kiesling, Brady (June 2000). Rediscovering Armenia: An Archaeological/Touristic Gazetteer and Map Set for the Historical Monuments of Armenia (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 November 2021.
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