Tsovagyugh
40°37′59″N 44°57′08″E / 40.63306°N 44.95222°E
Tsovagyugh
Ծովագյուղ | |
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A view of Tsovagyugh | |
Tsovagyugh Tsovagyugh | |
| Coordinates: 40°37′59″N 44°57′08″E / 40.63306°N 44.95222°E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Province | Gegharkunik |
| Municipality | Sevan |
| Population | |
• Total | 4,189 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AMT) |
| Tsovagyugh at GEOnet Names Server | |
Tsovagyugh (Armenian: Ծովագյուղ [tsɔvɑˈgjuʁ]) is a village in the Sevan Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.
Name
The village was mentioned by the 13th-century historian Kirakos Gandzaketsi as Chapotik, which later became Chibukhlu. It was renamed Tsovagyugh ('lake village') on 3 January 1935.[2]
History
The village contains church ruins, and upon an egg-shaped hill to the northeast are the remains of an Iron Age fort.[3]
Gallery
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World War II monument
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Resort on Lake Sevan
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A view of Tsovagyugh and Lake Sevan
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A monument in honor of Muratsan
References
- ^ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
- ^ Hakobyan, T. Kh.; Melik-Bakhshyan, S. T.; Barseghyan, H. Kh. (1988). "Tsovagyugh" Ծովագյուղ. Hayastani ev harakitsʻ shrjanneri teghanunneri baṛaran Հայաստանի և հարակից շրջանների տեղանունների բառարան [Dictionary of Toponymy of Armenia and Adjacent Territories] (in Armenian). Vol. 2. Yerevan University Publishing House. p. 860.
- ^ Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2005). Rediscovering Armenia: Guide (2nd ed.). Yerevan: Matit Graphic Design Studio. p. 83. ISBN 99941-0-121-8.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tsovagyugh.
- World Gazeteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
- Kiesling, Brady (June 2000). Rediscovering Armenia: An Archaeological/Touristic Gazetteer and Map Set for the Historical Monuments of Armenia (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 November 2021.