Gnishik Գնիշիկ
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Coordinates: 39°39′21″N 45°18′00″E / 39.65583°N 45.30000°E / 39.65583; 45.30000
Country	Armenia
Province	Vayots Dzor
Municipality	Areni
Population  (2011)
• Total	44
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)
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Gnishik (Armenian: Գնիշիկ) is a village in the Areni Municipality of the Vayots Dzor Province in Armenia.

Natural habitats vary from semi-desert to mountain steppes and meadows. The vicinity of Gnishik has been considered to be a Prime Butterfly Area, where a wide variety of rare butterflies, including Papilio alexanor, Colias chlorocoma, Pseudochazara schahrudensis, Tomares romanovi, Phengaris arion, and a number of others can be observed.

Gnishik was previously a community, which included the town of Mozrov, and had a combined population of 132 in 2011.

• Rouben Abrahamian

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  Church in Gnishik
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  Khachkars in Gnishik

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gnishik.

• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
• Butterfly Conservation Armenia: Gnishik PBA. http://www.butterfly-conservation-armenia.org/gnisheek.html

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