{{coord|40|24|18|N|44|34|35|E|display=title}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Karashamb |native_name = Քարաշամբ |pushpin_map = Armenia |mapsize = 150px |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Armenia]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Administrative divisions of Armenia|Marz (Province)]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Kotayk Province|Kotayk]] |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date = |area_total_km2 = |area_footnotes = |population_as_of = 2011 |population_total = 607<ref>{{cite web|url=https://citypopulation.de/en/armenia/kotayk/|title=Kotayk (Armenia): Towns and Villages in Municipalities|website=www.citypopulation.de|access-date=2024-11-08}}</ref> |population_density_km2 = |timezone = &nbsp; |utc_offset = +4 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|40|24|18|N|44|34|35|E|region:AM|display=inline}} |elevation_m = |area_code = |website = }} '''Karashamb''' ({{langx|hy|Քարաշամբ}}, also [[Romanize]]d as '''K’arashamb''' and '''Qarashamb''') is a village in the [[Kotayk Province]] of [[Armenia]].

Karashamb is the site of a major archaeological excavation of a Bronze Age cemetery with a number of barrows. The richest was a "royal" sepulchre where a silver cup, now one of the treasures of the National Museum, was discovered.<ref>Archaeological Heritage of Armenia, ed H.Simoyan, Yerevan 2012</ref>

== See also == *[[Kotayk Province]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

;Sources *{{GEOnet2|32FA881E6EB33774E0440003BA962ED3}} *{{ArmenianCensus|178}} {{Kotayk}}

[[Category:Populated places in Kotayk Province]]

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