Shamlugh
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Shamlugh Շամլուղ |
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 Armenia
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| Province : | Lori | ||
| Founded : | 1770 | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 10 ′ N , 44 ° 42 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 810 m | ||
| Residents : | 700 (2011 census) | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 4 | ||
| Community type: | Village | ||
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Shamlugh ( Armenian Շամլուղ ) is a village in the municipality of Akhtala in the province of Lori in northeastern Armenia, not far from Georgia . The place is a former urban-type settlement and is known for its copper mining.
history
Around 1770, during the reign of the Persian Afsharids , Greek miners from Gümüşhane settled here for copper mining , from which the village of Schamlugh emerged in the 1770s. In 1801 the region was annexed by the Russian Empire . From 1880 Schamlugh belonged to the Russian governorate of Tbilisi . During the Georgian-Armenian War in December 1918 in the course of the first independence of Georgia and Armenia , the area was controversial and was temporarily occupied by Georgia. However, after both countries came under Soviet rule, the region was assigned to the Armenian SSR in 1921 . The settlement became part of the new Alaverdi Raion and in 1938 received the status of urban-type settlement . 4500 people lived in the city around 1979, BC. a. Greeks, followed by Armenians and some Azeris . After the collapse of the Soviet planned economy and the war between the now independent states of Armenia and Azerbaijan , most of the Greeks left the city and most of the Azeris fled to Azerbaijan. The copper mine closed in 1989, but reopened in 2001 by a private company. As part of independent Armenia, the city status of Shamlugh was initially confirmed in 1995, but revoked in November 2017. Since then, Schamlugh has been a village within the township of Akhtala.
economy
About a tenth of the population of Schamlugh works in copper mining today. Agriculture and livestock are also important.
