Chambarak
Chambarak
Coordinates: 40°35′43″N 45°20′51″E / 40.59528°N 45.3475°E
| Chambarak Çəmbərək |
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 Chambarak
Çəmbərək |
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| Coordinates: 40°35′43″N 45°20′51″E / 40.59528°N 45.3475°E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Marz (Province) | Gegharkunik |
| Established | 1830s |
| Population (2010) | |
| - Total | 6,730 |
| Time zone | UTC (UTC+4) |
| - Summer (DST) | DST (UTC+5) |
Chambarak (Azerbaijani:Çəmbərək also Romanized as Jambarak; until 1920, Mikhaylovka, from 1920-1972, Karmir Gyugh, from 1972-1991, Krasnoye, Krasnosel’sk, Krasnosyelsk, and Kraside) is a town in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. Chambarak was founded in 1835-40 on the Getik River by Russian immigrants, with the name Mikhaylovka. Karmir Gyugh and Krasnosyelsk both mean "Red Village" in Armenian and Russian, respectively. There are some 13th century khachkars in the town.
Population
The great majority of the rural population were Azeris until Armenian agression in 1988.
- Chambarak at GEOnet Names Server
- World Gazeteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia
- Kiesling, Brady (2005), Rediscovering Armenia: Guide, Yerevan, Armenia: Matit Graphic Design Studio
- Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 49; previously available online at the website of the US embassy to Armenia and now archived here by the Wayback Machine.
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Categories: Populated places in Gegharkunik | Populated places established in the 1830s | Gegharkunik geography stubs
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