Tsovagyugh

40°37′59″N44°57′08″E / 40.63306°N 44.95222°E / 40.63306; 44.95222

Tsovagyugh Ծովագյուղ
A view of Tsovagyugh
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Coordinates: 40°37′59″N44°57′08″E / 40.63306°N 44.95222°E / 40.63306; 44.95222
Country	Armenia
Province	Gegharkunik
Municipality	Sevan
Population  (2011)[1]
• 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

1. Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia"(PDF).
2. Hakobyan, T. Kh.; Melik-Bakhshyan, S. T.; Barseghyan, H. Kh. (1988). "Tsovagyugh" Ծովագյուղ. Hayastani ev harakitsʻ shrjanneri teghanunneri baṛaranՀայաստանի և հարակից շրջանների տեղանունների բառարան [Dictionary of Toponymy of Armenia and Adjacent Territories] (in Armenian). Vol. 2. Yerevan University Publishing House. p. 860.
3. Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2005). Rediscovering Armenia: Guide (2nd ed.). Yerevan: Matit Graphic Design Studio. p. 83. ISBN 99941-0-121-8.

External links

• 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.