Shamshadin District

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
District
The Shamshadin District in Armenia
The Shamshadin District in Armenia
Country
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic

Armenia

Established24 June 1929
Abolished11 April 1995
CapitalBerd
Area
 • Total829.21 km2 (320.16 sq mi)
Population
 (1989)
 • Total34,559
 • Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)

History

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

There were 16 villages in the Shamshadin District:

Notable people

Notes

    References
    1. 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)
    2. "Legislation: National Assemly of RA". www.parliament.am. Retrieved 2021-06-18.

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