Tsaghkashen, Gegharkunik

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Tsaghkashen

| native_name = Ծաղկաշեն

| image_skyline = ԵԿԵՂԵՑԻ Ս. ՀՈՎՀԱՆՆԵՍ 2.jpg

| image_caption = St. Hovhannes Church in Tsaghkashen

| image_size = 150px

| pushpin_map = Armenia#Gegharkunik

| mapsize = 150px

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Armenia

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Gegharkunik

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Gavar

| population_footnotes = {{Cite web|url=https://www.armstat.am/file/article/1._bajin_1_182-311.pdf|title=The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia|author=Statistical Committee of Armenia}}

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_total = 470

| timezone = AMT

| utc_offset = +4

| coordinates = {{coord|40|18|17|N|45|03|19|E|region:AM|display=inline,title}}

| footnotes = {{GEOnet2|32FA881E692A3774E0440003BA962ED3}}

}}

Tsaghkashen ({{langx|hy|Ծաղկաշեն}}) is a village in the Gavar Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.

Etymology

The village was previously known as Kyarimkend.

History

The village was founded in 1859. The village church dedicated to St. Hovhannes dates to the 9th-10th century.

Gallery

ԵԿԵՂԵՑԻ Ս. ՀՈՎՀԱՆՆԵՍ 1.jpg|St. Hovhannes Church

ԵԿԵՂԵՑԻ Ս. ՀՈՎՀԱՆՆԵՍ 3.jpg|St. Hovhannes Church

Cemetery near St Hovhannes Church, Tsaghkashen.jpg|Cemetery near St. Hovhannes Church

St Hovhannes Church, Tsaghkashen (9).jpg|St. Hovhannes Church interior

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