Varagavan
Varagavan is a village in the Berd Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia. The 13th-century Nor Varagavank monastery is located 3.5 km southwest of Varagavan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 491 residents
- Description: village in Tavush Province of Armenia
- Historically known as: “Azizlu”, “Hakhum”, and “Vardapeti gyugh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nor Varagavank Monastery.
Nor Varagavank Monastery
Church
Photo: Soghomon Matevosyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nor Varagavank is a 13th-century Armenian Apostolic Church monastic ensemble situated 3.5 km southwest of the village Varagavan in the Tavush Province of Armenia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paravakar and Verin Tsaghkavan.
Paravakar
Village
Photo: Elegant’s, Public domain.
Paravakar is a village in the Berd Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia. Paravakar is situated 2½ km northeast of Varagavan.
Verin Tsaghkavan
Village
Photo: Նարե Գևորգի Խ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Verin Tsaghkavan is a village in the Berd Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia. Verin Tsaghkavan is situated 3 km southwest of Varagavan.
Chinchin
Village
Photo: Hastaam91, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chinchin is a village in the Berd Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia. The 12th-century Kaptavank Monastery is located near the village. Chinchin is situated 6 km south of Varagavan.
Varagavan
- Categories: village in Armenia and locality
- Location: Berd Municipality, Tavush Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
40.96238° or 40° 57′ 45″ northLongitude
45.35377° or 45° 21′ 14″ eastPopulation
491Elevation
802 metres (2,631 feet)Open location code
8HG7X963+XGOpenStreetMap ID
node 3278974774OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
616992Wikidata ID
Q33814
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Varagavan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فاراغافان”
- Armenian: “Ազիզլու” (historical)
- Armenian: “Հախում” (historical)
- Armenian: “Վարագավան”
- Armenian: “Վարդապետի գյուղ” (historical)
- Azerbaijani: “Axum”
- Azerbaijani: “Varaqavan”
- Catalan: “Varagavan”
- Chechen: “Варагаван”
- Chinese: “Varagavan”
- Dutch: “Akhum”
- Dutch: “Varagavan”
- French: “Varagavan”
- Georgian: “ვარაგავანი”
- German: “Varagavan”
- Greek: “Βαραγκαβάν”
- Italian: “Varagavan”
- Malay: “Varagavan”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Varagavan”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Varagavan”
- Persian: “اخوم”
- Persian: “واراگاوان”
- Polish: “Waragawan”
- Russian: “Азизлу” (historical)
- Russian: “Ахум” (historical)
- Russian: “Варагаван”
- Russian: “Вардапетн гюх” (historical)
- Scots: “Varagavan”
- Spanish: “Varagavan”
- Turkish: “Varagavan”
- Turkish: “Varagkent”
- Uzbek: “Varagavan”
- Vietnamese: “Varagavan”
- Western Armenian: “Վարագաւան”
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