{{coord|40|51|38|N|44|09|10|E|display=title}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Shirakamut | native_name = Շիրակամուտ | pushpin_map = Armenia | mapsize = 150px | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Armenia}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Administrative divisions of Armenia|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Lori Province|Lori]] | leader_title = | leader_name = | established_title = | established_date = | area_total_km2 = | area_footnotes = | population_footnotes = <ref name="2011census">{{Cite web|url=https://www.armstat.am/file/article/1._bajin_1_182-311.pdf|title=The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia|author=[[Statistical Committee of Armenia]]}}</ref> | population_as_of = [[Census in Armenia|2011]] | population_total = 2310 | population_density_km2 = | timezone = [[Armenia Time|AMT]] | utc_offset = +4 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|40|51|38|N|44|09|10|E|region:AM|display=inline}} | elevation_m = 1650 | area_code = | website = | name = | image_skyline = Չիչխանավանք (3).jpg | image_caption = Church in the village | image_shield = COA_of_Shirakamut.jpg }} '''Shirakamut''' or previously Nalband ({{langx|hy|Շիրակամուտ}}) is a village in the [[Lori Province]] of [[Armenia]]. The town was the [[epicenter]] of [[1988 Armenian earthquake]].

== Toponymy == After the [[Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)|Ruso-Turkish war]] in 1830 several families, such as Yeranosyan, Yeghiayaryan, Naslyan, etc. left their native land Basen in Ayrarat province of the Great Hayq<ref>{{Citation |title=Armenian nobility |date=2023-08-08 |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Armenian_nobility&oldid=1169282762 |work=Wikipedia |access-date=2023-08-13 |language=en}}</ref> and moved to the current area of Shirakamut or Nalband at the bank of Chichkhan river. The village is also known as ''Shirakarnut'' and previously as ''Nalband''.

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== External links == {{Commons category|Cultural heritage monuments in Shirakamut, Lori}} * {{GEOnet2|32FA8852BADF3774E0440003BA962ED3}} * [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}} &ndash; World-Gazetteer.com *{{ArmenianCensus|162}}

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[[Category:Populated places in Lori Province]]

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