The Shamshadin District (Armenian: Շամշադինի շրջան) was a raion (district) of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1929 and later in 1991 of the Republic of Armenia until its disestablishment in 1995. The Shamshadin district today constitutes a southeastern part of the Tavush Province (marz). Its administrative centre was the town of Berd.
Shamshadin District
Շամշադինի շրջան | |
|---|---|
 The Shamshadin District in Armenia | |
| Country | |
| Established | 24 June 1929 |
| Abolished | 11 April 1995 |
| Capital | Berd |
| Area | |
| • Total | 829.21 km2 (320.16 sq mi) |
| Population (1989) | |
| • Total | 34,559 |
| • Density | 42/km2 (110/sq mi) |
History edit
The Shamshadin district was formed on the territory of the Armenian SSR on 24 June 1929, originally a part of the Dilijan uezd which had been separated from the tsarist Kazakh uezd in 1921.[1]
Shortly after the breakup of the Soviet Union, the administration of the Republic of Armenia consolidated the Shamshadin, Noyemberyan and Ijevan districts into the larger Tavush Province.[2]
Villages edit
There were 16 villages in the Shamshadin District:
Notable people edit
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ Tsutsiev, Arthur (2014), Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus, New Haven and London, p. 84, ISBN 978-0-300-15308-8, OCLC 884858065, retrieved 2021-12-25
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Legislation: National Assemly of RA". www.parliament.am. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
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