Nalbandyan Նալբանդյան
Monument in Nalbandyan village, 2016
Nalbandyan
Coordinates: 40°04′04″N 43°59′08″E / 40.06778°N 43.98556°E / 40.06778; 43.98556
Country	Armenia
Province	Armavir
Population  (2011)
• Total	4,863

40°04′04″N 43°59′08″E / 40.06778°N 43.98556°E / 40.06778; 43.98556 Nalbandyan (Armenian: Նալբանդյան, also Romanized as Nalbandian; formerly Shahriar), is a major village in the Armavir Province of Armenia near the Armenia–Turkey border. It is named after poet Mikael Nalbandian. 20% of the population (around 895 individuals) in Nalbandyan are from the Yazidi minority.

See also

• Armavir Province

References

• Nalbandyan, Armenia at GEOnet Names Server
• World Gazeteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
• Kiesling, Brady (June 2000). Rediscovering Armenia: An Archaeological/Touristic Gazetteer and Map Set for the Historical Monuments of Armenia (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 November 2021.