Vazashen

40°59′32″N 45°17′03″E

Vazashen Վազաշեն
A view of Vazashen
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Coordinates: 40°59′32″N 45°17′03″E
Country	Armenia
Province	Tavush
Municipality	Ijevan
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	765
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)
Vazashen at GEOnet Names Server

Vazashen (Armenian: Վազաշեն) is a village in the Ijevan Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia.

Toponymy

The village was previously known as Lala Gegh (Armenian: Լալա գեղ), then Lali Gyugh (Armenian: Լալի գյուղ).^[2] The name of Vazashen was chosen to reflect the local vineyard production^[3] (վազ/vaz 'grapevine' and շեն/shen 'village').

History

Near Vazashen is the historical site of Khaghkhagh (Armenian: Խաղխաղ), the winter residence of the kings of Ancient Armenia, where Saint Vardan won his first military victory.^[4]

Gallery

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  Monument in Vazashen

References

1. Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
2. "CAA". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2012-09-13.
3. http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/print.country18386 ^{[dead link]}
4. Robert H. Hewsen. Armenia: A Historical Atlas. — University of Chicago Press, 2001. — 341 p. — ISBN 0-226-33228-4, ISBN 978-0-226-33228-4

External links

• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia