Geghi () is a village in the

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of the

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History

The village had 570 inhabitants in 1959, 932 in 1970 and 1,115 inhabitants in 1979. T. Kh. Hakobyan, St. T. Melik-Bakhshyan, H. Kh. Barseghyan ''«Երևան»'' (Yerevan). Dictionary of Toponymy of Armenia and Adjacent Territories. vol. v. Yerevan, Armenia:

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1986. p.909

Population

The

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reported the community's population as 172 at the 2011 Armenian census, up from 138 in 2010, but down from 227 at the 2001 census.

Municipal administration

Geghi was previously a community which included the villages of Geghi, Geghavank,

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, Kitsk, Verin Geghavank and Karut, until the June 2017 administrative and territorial reforms, when the village became a part of the

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References

Populated places in Syunik Province {{Syunik-geo-stub