Beniamin

Beniamin Բենիամին
community
Beniamin
Coordinates: 40°41′N 43°51′E / 40.683°N 43.850°ECoordinates: 40°41′N 43°51′E / 40.683°N 43.850°E
Country	Armenia
Marz (Province)	Shirak
Population (2010)
• Total	745
Time zone	(UTC+4)
• Summer (DST)	(UTC+5)
Beniamin at GEOnet Names Server

Beniamin (Armenian: Բենիամին; until 1945, Jlovkhan or Chlokhan) is a village and rural community (municipality) in the Shirak Province of Armenia. The town was renamed in 1945 in honor of Beniamin Galstian, a World War II general and native of the town.^[1] The National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia (ARMSTAT) reported its population was 745 in 2010,^[2] up from 702 at the 2001 census.^[3]

Population

Population per years is the following.^[4]

Year	1897	1926	1939	1959	1970	1979	1989	2001	2004	2014
Pop.	561	442	604	546	531	500	751	702	711	750

References

1. Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 76, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website Archived June 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
2. "Marzes of the Republic of Armenia and Yerevan City in Figures, 2010" (PDF). National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia (ARMSTAT).
3. Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia
4. "Dictionary of Armenian residences (Հայաստանի հանրապետության բնակավայրերի բառարան), page 44" (PDF). Retrieved April 18, 2014.