Coordinates: 40°35′43″N 45°20′51″E / 40.59528°N 45.3475°E / 40.59528; 45.3475

Chambarak Ճամբարակ
Countryside around Chambarak
Chambarak
Coordinates: 40°35′43″N 45°20′51″E / 40.59528°N 45.3475°E / 40.59528; 45.3475
Country	Armenia
Marz (Province)	Gegharkunik
Established	1830s
Population (2008)
- Total	6,683
Time zone	UTC (UTC+4)
- Summer (DST)	DST (UTC+5)

Chambarak (Armenian: Ճամբարակ also Romanized as Jambarak; until 1920, Mikhaylovka, from 1920-1972, Karmir Gyugh, from 1972-1991, Krasnoye, Krasnosel’sk, Krasnosyelsk, and Kraside) is a city 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.

[edit] References

• 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

• Brady Kiesling, Rediscoving Armenia, p. 48, p. 49, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website

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