Oshakan

Oshakan Օշական
Oshakan as seen from the western side of Didikond Hill.
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 40°15′48″N 44°18′53″E / 40.26333°N 44.31472°E / 40.26333; 44.31472
Country	Armenia
Province	Aragatsotn
Municipality	Ashtarak
Population  (2010)
• Total	5,822
Website	http://oshakan.am/

Oshakan (Armenian: Օշական) is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia located 3 kilometers southwest from Ashtarak. It is well known to historians and pilgrims of the Armenian Apostolic Church as the site of the grave of Mesrop Mashtots, the inventor of the Armenian alphabet.