Beniamin

Beniamin Բենիամին Chalovkhan
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Coordinates: 40°41′N 43°51′E / 40.683°N 43.850°E / 40.683; 43.850
Country	Armenia
Province	Shirak
Municipality	Akhuryan
Elevation	1,540 m (5,050 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Total	745
Time zone	UTC+4
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5
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Beniamin (Armenian: Բենիամին) is a village in the Akhuryan Municipality of 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] According to Ghevont Alishan, the old name of the village is "Chlofkhan or Chalovkhan", and was founded in 1828-1830 in the territory of the historical city of Draskhanakert.^[2] The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its population was 745 in 2010,^[3] up from 702 at the 2001 census.^[4]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1897	561	—
1926	442	−0.82%
1939	604	+2.43%
1959	546	−0.50%
1970	531	−0.25%
1979	500	−0.67%
1989	751	+4.15%
2001	702	−0.56%
2004	724	+1.03%
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"Tukh Manuk" chapel and Zham church are located in Beniamin.^[6]

There is a school in the village, where, in addition to the school curriculum, children are involved in extracurricular programs: art and craft groups, debate club, healthy lifestyle seminars.

With the efforts of the Children of Armenia Fund, trainings are being carried out for local medical workers.

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  "Tukh Manuk" chapel
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  Monument in the honor of Armenians who fought in the Great Patriotic War
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  Monument in the honor of Armenians who fought in the Great Patriotic War
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  Monument to General Major Benjamin Hovhannes Galstyan, Hero of the Soviet Union
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  Beniamin school
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  Beniamin church (Zham), 1871

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