Voskepar

Voskepar is a village in the Noyemberyan Municipality of the of , located close to the Armenia–Azerbaijan border.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Village with 723 residents
  • Description: village in Tavush Province of Armenia
  • Historically known as: “Aghzibara”, “Akhsibara”, “Aksibara”, “Aksipara”, “Haykakan Aksibara”, “Verin Aksibara”, “Voskeparisp”, and “Voskepat”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Holy Mother of God Church and Arakelots Monastery.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The of Voskepar is a 7th-century Armenian church in Voskepar, , adjacent to the border with . Its design is that of a cruciform central plan, the "Mastara" type.

Church
Photo: Felix Khachatrian, CC BY 2.0.
is a 13th-century monastery about 3 kilometres southwest of the village of in the of . The monastic complex sits upon the crest of a hill surrounded by a dense forest on the left bank of the Kunen River. is situated 3½ km south of Voskepar.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aşağı Əskipara and Acharkut.

Village
Photo: Gasan Dzhalal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an abandoned village in the of . The village was controlled by from the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s until 2024, when Armenia agreed to return the village to Azerbaijan.

Village
Photo: Lida Xosrovyan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the Ijevan Municipality of the Tavush Province of . is situated 4 km southeast of Voskepar.

Village
Photo: Valen1988, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the Ijevan Municipality of the of , near the border of . The 8th-century , and the 13th-century Arakelots Monastery are located near . is situated 4 km southeast of Voskepar.

Voskepar

Latitude
41.06344° or 41° 3′ 48″ north
Longitude
45.05601° or 45° 3′ 22″ east
Population
723
Elevation
843 metres (2,766 feet)
Open location code
8HH73374+9C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 467023633
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
616074
Wiki­data ID
Q33803
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Armenian—“Voskepar” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Voskepar”
  • Armenian: “Աղզիբարա” (historical)
  • Armenian: “Աքսիբարա” (historical)
  • Armenian: “Աքսիպարա” (historical)
  • Armenian: “Հայկական Ախսիբարա” (historical)
  • Armenian: “Հայկական Աքսիբարա” (historical)
  • Armenian: “Նոր Ոսկեպար”
  • Armenian: “Ոսկեբար”
  • Armenian: “Ոսկեպառ”
  • Armenian: “Ոսկեպատ” (historical)
  • Armenian: “Ոսկեպար”
  • Armenian: “Ոսկեպարիսպ” (historical)
  • Armenian: “Վերին Աքսիբարա” (historical)
  • Azerbaijani: “Əskipara”
  • Catalan: “Voskepar”
  • Cebuano: “Voskepar”
  • Chechen: “Воскепар”
  • Chinese: “Voskepar”
  • Dutch: “Voskepar”
  • French: “Voskepar”
  • Georgian: “ვოსკეპარი”
  • German: “Voskepar”
  • Greek: “Βοσκεπάρ”
  • Hungarian: “Voszkepár”
  • Italian: “Akhsibara”
  • Italian: “Aksibara”
  • Italian: “Voskepar”
  • Malay: “Voskepar”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Voskepar”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Voskepar”
  • Persian: “ووسکپار”
  • Polish: “Woskepar”
  • Romanian: “Voskepar, Tavuș”
  • Russian: “Агзибара”
  • Russian: “Айкакан Аксибара” (historical)
  • Russian: “Айкакан Ахсибара” (historical)
  • Russian: “Аксибара” (historical)
  • Russian: “Аксипара” (historical)
  • Russian: “Армянская Аксибара” (historical)
  • Russian: “Армянская Ахсибара” (historical)
  • Russian: “Верин Аксибара” (historical)
  • Russian: “Верхняя Аксибара” (historical)
  • Russian: “Воскепар”
  • Russian: “Воскепарисп” (historical)
  • Russian: “Воскепат” (historical)
  • Russian: “Новый Воскепар”
  • Russian: “Нор Воскепар”
  • Scots: “Voskepar”
  • Spanish: “Voskepar”
  • Swedish: “Äskipara”
  • Swedish: “Voskepar”
  • Turkish: “Eskipara, Tavuş”
  • Turkish: “Eskipara”
  • Turkish: “Voskepar”
  • Ukrainian: “Воскепар”
  • Uzbek: “Voskepar”
  • Vietnamese: “Voskepar”
  • Western Armenian: “Ոսկեպար”

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