Nor Hajn

Nor Hachn Նոր Հաճն
The church and the memorial of Nor Hachn
Nor Hachn
Coordinates: 40°18′0″N 44°34′48″E / 40.30000°N 44.58000°E / 40.30000; 44.58000
Country	Armenia
Province	Kotayk
founded	1953
Government
• Mayor	Gagik Matevosyan
Area
• Total	2.3 km2 (0.9 sq mi)
Elevation	1,920 m (6,300 ft)
Population (2011 census)
• Total	9,307
• Density	4,000/km2 (10,000/sq mi)
Website	Official web
Sources: Population

Coordinates: 40°18′07″N 44°34′59″E / 40.30194°N 44.58306°E / 40.30194; 44.58306

Nor Hachn (Armenian: Նոր Հաճն), is a town in the Kotayk Province of Armenia, founded in 1953. The town is located on the right bank of Hrazdan River, to the west of the Arzni canyon, on the immediate proximity of the Arzni-Shamiram canal.

Nor Hachn is bordered by the village of Arzni and the town of Byureghavan on the east, the village of Nor Geghi on the north, the village of Nor Artamet on the west and the village of Getamej on the south. The Yeghvard training airfield is located to the west of Nor Hachn.

As per the 2011 census, Nor Hachn had a population of 9,307. According to the 2016 official estimate, the population is around 8,400.

The town is named Nor Hachn, meaning New Haçin, in memory of the Armenian town of Haçin in Cilicia, where a group of local fedayis organized a military resistance against the Turkish forces in 1920.

Prior to the 1915 Armenian Genocide, Haçin had a population of 35,000, of which 30,000 were Armenians and the rest ere Turks. Most of the Armenians were either massacred or taken to the Deir ez-Zor concentration camps in the Syrian desert. After the Armistice of Mudros in 1918, Cilicia became a protectorate of France as part of the Triple Entente. Consequently, around 8,000 Armenian Genocide survivors returned to Haçin with the withdrawal of the Ottoman forces. However, the French troops left Cilicia in 1920, paving the way for the advance of the Turkish forces led by Mustafa Kemal. On Aprl 1, 1920, Turkish troops led by launched an offensive against the Armenians of Haçin who organized a military resistance, which lasted until October 15, 1920, when the Turks occupied the entire city. Most of the remaining 6,000 Armenians were massacred or killed during the military operations. The surviving 365 Armenians of Haçin took refuge in Aleppo and Lebanon.