Hartagyugh () is a town in the

Lori Province Lori (, ) is a provinces of Armenia, province (''Administrative divisions of Armenia, marz'') of Armenia. It is located in the north of the country, bordering Georgia (country), Georgia. Vanadzor is the capital and largest city of the province. ...

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

. The village was founded in 1820 by Western Armenian immigrants. The ancestors of the inhabitants came from Basen, Mush, Erzurum, Alashkert, Van and Kars. The settlement has existed since the 4th millennium BC.

History

During the 1920

Turkish–Armenian war The Turkish–Armenian War (), known in Turkey as the Eastern Front () of the Turkish War of Independence, was a conflict between the First Republic of Armenia and the Turkish National Movement following the collapse of the Treaty of Sèvres i ...

, the village (known then as ''Ghaltakhchi'') was occupied by Turkish forces and 2,100 of its inhabitants were massacred.

Demographics

The population of the village since 1831 is as follows:

References

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World Gazeteer: Armenia
– World-Gazetteer.com * Populated places in Lori Province {{Lori-geo-stub