Artsvanist
Artsvanist Արծվանիստ | |
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Vanevan Monastery | |
Artsvanist Արծվանիստ | |
Coordinates: 40°09′18″N 45°30′28″E / 40.15500°N 45.50778°ECoordinates: 40°09′18″N 45°30′28″E / 40.15500°N 45.50778°E | |
Country | Armenia |
Marz (Province) | Gegharkunik |
Founded | 1829-30 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Samvel Ohanyan |
Elevation | 1,941 m (6,368 ft) |
Population (2008) | |
• Total | 3,061 |
Time zone | GMT+4 (UTC+4) |
Postal code | 1404 |
Artsvanist (Armenian: Արծվանիստ; until 1968, Nerkin Aluchalu, Alichali, and Russified as Nizhniy Aluchalu) is a village located south of Lake Sevan in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The village was founded in 1829-30 by migrants from Alashkert, in present-day Eastern Turkey. In the gorge south of the village is the important early 10th century monastery of Vanevan and large but broken medieval khachkar monument nearby.[1]
References
- Artsvanist at GEOnet Names Server
- World Gazeteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia
- Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 46; original archived at Archive.org, and current version online on Armeniapedia.org.
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