Tashir

Tashir Տաշիր
The centre of Tashir
Coordinates: 41°07′28″N 44°16′55″E / 41.12444°N 44.28194°E / 41.12444; 44.28194
Country	Armenia
Marz	Lori
Established	1844
Government
• Mayor	Edgar Arshakyan
Area
• Total	5.6 km2 (2.2 sq mi)
Elevation	1,500 m (4,900 ft)
Population (2011 census)
• Total	7,773
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC +4
Area code(s)	2101
Website	Official website
Sources: Population

Coordinates: 41°07′28″N 44°16′55″E / 41.12444°N 44.28194°E / 41.12444; 44.28194 Tashir (Armenian: Տաշիր), is a town located in Lori Province of Armenia. It is located 42 km north of the provincial centre Vanadzor and 154 north of the capital Yerevan. As of the 2011 census, the population of the town is 7,773.

Tashir was founded in 1844 as Vorontsovka named after the Russian prince and field-marshal Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov who was leader in the Caucasian War from 1844 to 1853. In 1935, the town was renamed Kalinino by the Soviets, in honor of the Bolshevik revolutionary Mikhail Kalinin. With the independence of Armenia in 1991, the town was renamed Tashir after the historic Armenian region of Tashir, a canton within the Gugark province of Armenia Major.

Historically, the area of modern-day Tumanyan was included in the Tashir canton of the historic Gugark province, the 13th province of Greater Armenia.