Yeghegis
Yeghegis is a village in the Yeghegis Municipality of the Vayots Dzor Province in Armenia. It has a rich historical past, with the medieval Zorats Church, the Tsakhats Kar Monastery and the Smbataberd fortress being located in the vicinity of Yeghegis, as well as a Jewish cemetery from the 13th century.Photo: Ավետիսյան91, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 364 residents
- Description: village in Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia
- Also known as: “Նոր եղեգիս”
- Historically known as: “Alagyaz” and “Alayaz”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Surp Stepanos Church, Yeghegis and Medieval Jewish cemetry.
Smbataberd
Photo: Heghine Martirosyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Smbataberd is a medieval fortress located upon the crest of a hill between the villages of Artabuynk and Yeghegis in the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Artabuynk and Horbategh.
Artabuynk
Village
Photo: Z galstyan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Artabuynk is a village in the Yeghegis Municipality of the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia. The Smbataberd fortress is located near the village. Artabuynk is situated 3 km west of Yeghegis.
Horbategh
Village
Photo: Ավետիսյան91, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Horbategh is a village in the Yeghegis Municipality of the Vayots Dzor Province in Armenia. Horbategh is situated 3 km northwest of Yeghegis.
Hermon
Village
Photo: Albero, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hermon is a village in the Yeghegis Municipality of the Vayots Dzor Province in Armenia. Hermon is situated 6 km east of Yeghegis.
Yeghegis
- Categories: village in Armenia and locality
- Location: Vayots Dzor Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.87258° or 39° 52′ 21″ northLongitude
45.3593° or 45° 21′ 34″ eastPopulation
364Elevation
1,575 metres (5,167 feet)Open location code
8HF7V9F5+2POpenStreetMap ID
node 1363386687OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
174980Wikidata ID
Q610325
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Uzbek—“Yeghegis” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ալագյազ” (historical)
- Armenian: “Ալագյոզ” (historical)
- Armenian: “Ալայազ” (historical)
- Armenian: “Եղեգիս”
- Armenian: “Եղեգիք”
- Armenian: “Մագրա Քարիմխան”
- Armenian: “Մազրա Քարիմխան” (historical)
- Azerbaijani: “Alagöz”
- Azerbaijani: “Ələyəz”
- Cebuano: “Yeghegis”
- Chechen: “Ехегис”
- Chinese: “Eghegis”
- Dutch: “Yeghegis”
- French: “Eghegis”
- Georgian: “ეღეგისი”
- German: “Jeghegis”
- Italian: “Yeghegis”
- Kotava: “Yeghegis (wida)”
- Kotava: “Yeghegis”
- Latvian: “Jehegisa”
- Malay: “Yeghegis”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Eghegis”
- Persian: “یغگیس”
- Polish: “Jeghegis”
- Portuguese: “Eleguis (aldeia)”
- Portuguese: “Eleguis”
- Russian: “Алагёз” (historical)
- Russian: “Алаяз” (historical)
- Russian: “Ехегис”
- Scots: “Yeghegis”
- Spanish: “Yeghegis”
- Swedish: “Yeghegis”
- Turkish: “Eleyez”
- Turkish: “Yeghegis”
- Ukrainian: “Єхегіс”
- Ukrainian: “Єхеґіс”
- Urdu: “یغگس”
- Uzbek: “Yeghegis”
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