Shamshadin District

Shamshadin District
Շամշադինի շրջան
District
The Shamshadin District in Armenia
Country
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic

Armenia

Established24 June 1929
Abolished11 April 1995
CapitalBerd
Area
 • Total
829.21 km2 (320.16 sq mi)
Population
 (1989)
 • Total
34,559
 • Density41.677/km2 (107.94/sq mi)

The Shamshadin District (Armenian: Շամշադինի շրջան) was a raion (district) of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1929 and later in 1991 of the Republic of Armenia until its disestablishment in 1995. The Shamshadin district today constitutes a southeastern part of the Tavush Province (marz). Its administrative centre was the town of Berd.

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