Horom, Armenia

40°39′15″N 43°52′56″E / 40.65417°N 43.88222°E / 40.65417; 43.88222

Place in Shirak, Armenia

Horom Հոռոմ

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Coordinates: 40°39′15″N 43°52′56″E / 40.65417°N 43.88222°E / 40.65417; 43.88222
Country	Armenia
Province	Shirak
Municipality	Artik
Population (2008)
• Total	2,056
Time zone	UTC+4
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5

Horom (Armenian: Հոռոմ) is a village in the Artik Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. Located 1 km east of Horom and situated upon two large hills south of the main road and opposite of the dam and reservoir is the ancient Bronze Age through Urartian Citadel of Horom.

Not far from this location in Ghak and Shvaghtapa are two Urartian cyclopean forts.

Demographics

Historical population

Year

Pop.

±% p.a.

1831

459

—

1897

1,939

+2.21%

1926

1,564

−0.74%

1939

1,867

+1.37%

1949

1,660

−1.17%

1970

1,949

+0.77%

1979

1,841

−0.63%

2001

2,166

+0.74%

2004

1,570

−10.17%

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

Source: ^[1]

Development programs

Horom village became part of COAF-supported villages (Children of Armenia Fund).

The programs implemented include: Student Councils, Debate Clubs, Health and Lifestyle Education, School Nutrition & Brushodromes, Women Health Screenings, Support for Reproductive Health.^[2]

Children of Armenia Fund also renovated village facilities such as Cafeteria and Brushodrome.^[3]

References

^ Հայաստանի Հանրապետության բնակավայրերի բառարան [Republic of Armenia settlements dictionary] (PDF) (in Armenian). Yerevan: Cadastre Committee of the Republic of Armenia. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2018.
^ "Շիրակի համայնքներում կփոխվի կյանքի որակը". Shirak Public TV. December 12, 2016. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
^ "Reviving Rural Communities". coafkids. 2019.

Horom, Armenia at GEOnet Names Server
World Gazeteer: Armenia^{[dead link]} – World-Gazetteer.com
Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia