Artavan
Artavan
Արտավան | |
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  Artavan Location within Armenia  Artavan Location within Vayots Dzor | |
| Coordinates: 39°39′27″N 45°37′00″E / 39.65750°N 45.61667°E | |
| Country |  Armenia |
| Province | Vayots Dzor |
| Municipality | Vayk |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 321 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AMT) |
Artavan (Armenian: Արտավան) is a village in the Vayk Municipality of the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia.
Toponymy
The village was previously known as Dzhul.
History
The village was probably at one time a fief of Tatev. There is an 18th-century bridge and an old cemetery in the vicinity of the village.
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References
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- ↑ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
- ↑ Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2019). Rediscovering Armenia: An in-depth inventory of villages and monuments in Armenia and Artsakh (3rd ed.). Armeniapedia Publishing.
Capital: Yeghegnadzor | ||
| Urban settlements |  | |
| Areni Municipality | ||
| Jermuk Municipality | ||
| Vayk Municipality | ||
| Yeghegis Municipality | ||
| Yeghegnadzor Municipality | ||
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