Kavchut
Kavchut is a village in the Kajaran Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia. In 1988-1989 Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan settled in the village.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 57 residents
- Description: village in Syunik Province of Armenia
- Also known as: “Ghovshut”, “Kavtchut”, and “Kovshut”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Baghaberd.
Baghaberd
Photo: Soghomon Matevosyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Baghaberd is a 4th to 12th century Armenian fortress located along a ridge overlooking the Voghji River, 14 kilometres northwest of the city of Kapan in the Syunik Province of Armenia. Baghaberd is at an elevation of 1,438 metres. Baghaberd is situated 3 km east of Kavchut.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Babikavan and Dzagikavan.
Babikavan
Village
Babikavan is a village in the Kajaran Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia.
Dzagikavan
Village
Dzagikavan is a village in the Kajaran Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia. In 1988 Armenian refugees deported from Azerbaijan settled in the village.
Andokavan
Village
Photo: Soghomon Matevosyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Andokavan is a village in the Kajaran Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia. The 4th-century Baghaberd fortress is located close to Andokavan. Andokavan is situated 2½ km east of Kavchut.
Kavchut
- Categories: human settlement, residential area, and locality
- Location: Kajaran Municipality, Syunik Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
39.20958° or 39° 12′ 35″ northLongitude
46.2427° or 46° 14′ 34″ eastPopulation
57Elevation
1,379 metres (4,524 feet)Open location code
8HF8665V+R3OpenStreetMap ID
way 921980253OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Uzbek—“Kavchut” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Kavchut”
- Armenian: “Kavshut”
- Armenian: “Կավճուտ”
- Armenian: “Ղովշուտ”
- Azerbaijani: “Qovşud”
- Cebuano: “Kavchut”
- Chechen: “Кавчут”
- Dutch: “Kavchut”
- Georgian: “კავჭუტი”
- Irish: “Kavchut”
- Persian: “کاوچوت”
- Polish: “Kawczut”
- Russian: “Кавчут”
- Scots: “Kavchut”
- Spanish: “Kavchut”
- Swedish: “Govsjut”
- Swedish: “Kavtjut”
- Turkish: “Kavçut”
- Uzbek: “Kavchut”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kavchut”. Photo: Violettarmenia, CC BY-SA 3.0.