Kasakh
Kasagh, is an abandoned village in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. It was abandoned in 1965 and its ruins now lie beneath the Aparan Reservoir. After the abandonment of the village, the population was moved to a new village called Kasagh, built at the northwestern suburbs of Yerevan, currently part of the Kotayk Province.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 4,250 residents
- Description: former village in Aragatsotn, Armenia
- Also known as: “Chamrlu”, “Chamyrlu”, “Kasagh, Aragatsotn”, “Kasakh (Aragatsotn marz)”, and “Kasakh, Aragatsotn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saint Narek chapel and Zovuni.
Saint Narek chapel
Church
Photo: Արագի մեջ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint Narek chapel is a chapel of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Vardenis village, Aragatsotn Province, Armenia. The chapel was built in 2012 in the place known as the Narek of Papé. The chapel was anointed on 25 August 2012. Saint Narek chapel is situated 3½ km north of Kasakh.
Zovuni
Ruins
Photo: Sonashen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Zovuni, is an abandoned village in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. It was formed during the 1828 by Armenian migrants from the village of Akori in Western Armenia. Zovuni is situated 3½ km southeast of Kasakh.
Surp Bogos Bedros Church
Church
Photo: Sonashen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Surp Bogos Bedros Church is situated 4 km southeast of Kasakh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kuchak and Vardenis.
Kuchak
Village
Photo: Armineaghayan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kuchak is a village in the Aparan Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. It was founded in 1829-30 and named after Nahapet Kuchak, a 16th-century Armenian poet. Kuchak is situated 2½ km southwest of Kasakh.
Vardenis
Village
Vardenis is a village in the Aparan Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The town has a 19th-century church. Vardenis is situated 3½ km north of Kasakh.
Chknagh
Village
Photo: Voskanyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chknagh is a village in the Aparan Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Chknagh is situated 5 km northeast of Kasakh.
Kasakh
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Aragatsotn Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Turkish—“Kasakh” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Քասախ (Արագածոտնի մարզ)”
- Armenian: “Քասախ”
- Cebuano: “Kasakh”
- Dutch: “Kasakh, Aragatsotn”
- Dutch: “Kasakh”
- Irish: “Kasakh”
- Persian: “کاساخ، آراگاتسوتن”
- Portuguese: “Cassal (Aragatsotn)”
- Portuguese: “Cassal”
- Russian: “Касах (Арагацотнская область)”
- Russian: “Касах”
- Swedish: “Kasach, Aragatsotn”
- Swedish: “Kasach”
- Turkish: “Kasakh”
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Kasakh”. Photo: Inkey, CC BY 2.5.