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Shamlugh ( ; also Romanized as Shamlug) is a town located in Lori province (marz), Armenia. It is situated on the left bank of Debed River, 196 km north of the capital Yerevan and 63 km north of the provincial centre Vanadzor. It covers an area of 3.6 km2 just 7 km west of the Vanadzor-Tbilisi highway, with only 800 inhabitants as of 2009 eatimate. Shamlugh used to be a village until 1938 when it was turned into an urban community. In 1995 the government of independent Armenia reaffirmed the status of Shamlugh as a city. During the 1995 reform, the small communities of Bendik, Bughakar and Verin Akhtala were merged within the town of Shamlugh. |
