Hartagyugh

40°50′08″N 44°02′48″E / 40.83556°N 44.04667°E / 40.83556; 44.04667

Hartagyugh Հարթագյուղ
Hartagyugh
Coordinates: 40°50′08″N 44°02′48″E / 40.83556°N 44.04667°E / 40.83556; 44.04667
Country	Armenia
Province	Lori
Municipality	Spitak
Elevation	1,730 m (5,680 ft)
Population  (2008)
• Total	1,265
Time zone	UTC+4
Website	http://bager.am/

Hartagyugh (Armenian: Հարթագյուղ) is a town in the Lori Province of Armenia. 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.^{[citation needed]}

During the 1920 Turkish–Armenian war, the village (known then as Ghaltakhchi) was occupied by Turkish forces and 2,100 of its inhabitants were massacred.^[1]

The population of the village since 1831 is as follows:^[2]

• Hartagyugh at GEOnet Names Server
• World Gazeteer: Armenia^{[dead link‍]} – World-Gazetteer.com
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia

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