40°17′06″N 44°32′32″E / 40.28500°N 44.54222°E
Mrgashen Մրգաշեն | |
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  Mrgashen Մրգաշեն | |
| Coordinates: 40°17′06″N 44°32′32″E / 40.28500°N 44.54222°E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Marz (Province) | Kotayk |
| Founded | 1950[1]/March 1960 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10.97 km2 (4.24 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,280 m (4,200 ft) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 1,763 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+4 ( ) |
Mrgashen (Armenian: Մրգաշեն; until 1964, "the village attached to Sovkhoz No. 36") is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. It is located along the left bank of the Arzni-Shamiram aqueduct. Mrgashen was officially founded in March 1960 around the state-owned collective farm or sovkhoz No. 6. The local economy is highly dependent on agriculture, based primarily on orchard cultivation and pig or cattle-breeding. The community currently has a school, kindergarten, house of culture (seating for 300), medical station (with 6 employees), and a library. 60% of households receive natural gas and drinking water for the village comes from the Arzakan-Yerevan network, while water for irrigation comes from the Arzni-Shamiram aqueduct.[1][2]
