Mkhchyan

Mkhchyan
Մխչյան
Mkhchyan
Mkhchyan
Coordinates: 40°01′12″N 44°29′28″E / 40.02000°N 44.49111°E / 40.02000; 44.49111
CountryArmenia
ProvinceArarat
MunicipalityArtashat
Population
 (2011)
  Total
4,535
Time zoneUTC+4
  Summer (DST)UTC+5

40°01′12″N 44°29′28″E / 40.02000°N 44.49111°E / 40.02000; 44.49111 Mkhchyan (Armenian: Մխչյան) is a village in the Artashat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia near the Armenia–Turkey border. The town is named after Liparit Mkchyan, a Soviet commander killed in 1921.