{{coord|40|50|08|N|44|02|48|E|display=title}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Hartagyugh | native_name = Հարթագյուղ | pushpin_map = Armenia | mapsize = 150px | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Armenia]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Armenia|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Lori Province|Lori]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Municipalities of Armenia|Municipality]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Spitak Municipality|Spitak]] | image_skyline = File:Hartaghyugh-1.jpg | population_as_of = 2011 | population_total = 1,035<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/armenia/lori/|title=Lori (Armenia): Towns and Villages in Municipalities|website=www.citypopulation.de|access-date=2025-04-19}}</ref> | utc_offset = +4 | coordinates = {{coord|40|50|08|N|44|02|48|E|region:AM|display=inline}} | elevation_m = 1730 | website = http://bager.am/ }} '''Hartagyugh''' ({{langx|hy|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|date=November 2022}}
== History == During the 1920 [[Turkish–Armenian War|Turkish–Armenian war]], the village (known then as ''Ghaltakhchi'') was occupied by [[Turkish National Movement|Turkish forces]] and 2,100 of its inhabitants were massacred.<ref name="galoyan">{{Cite book |last=Galoyan |first=G. |url=http://publishing.ysu.am/files/36.pdf |title=Հայաստանի Հանրապետությունը 1918-1920 թթ |last2=Lazakhetsy |first2=V. |publisher=Publishing House "Science" |year=2000 |isbn=5-8080-0436-5 |location=Yerevan |pages=379 |language=hy |trans-title=The Republic of Armenia, 1918–1920}}</ref>
== Demographics == The population of the village since 1831 is as follows:<ref>{{Cite Republic of Armenia Settlements Dictionary}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" !Year !Population |- |1831 |195 |- |1897 |1,514 |- |1926 |969 |- |1939 |1,507 |- |1959 |1,620 |- |1970 |1,722 |- |1979 |1,344 |- |2001 |1,226 |- |2004 |1,500 |- |2008{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}} |1,265 |}
== References == {{Reflist}} * {{GEOnet2|32FA881E73A33774E0440003BA962ED3}} * [http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-17&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=x World Gazeteer: Armenia]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} – World-Gazetteer.com *{{ArmenianCensus|162}} {{Lori}} [[Category:Populated places in Lori Province]]
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