Varagavan

Varagavan is a village in the Berd Municipality of the of . The 13th-century monastery is located 3.5 km southwest of Varagavan.
  • Village with about 630 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 800 metres (2,620 feet)
  • Description: village in Tavush Province of Armenia
  • Historically known as
    “Azizlu”
    “Hakhum”
    “Vardapeti gyugh”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nor Varagavank Monastery.
Nor Varagavank is a 13th-century Armenian Apostolic…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Paravakar and Verin Tsaghkavan.
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is a village in the Berd Municipality of the of . is situated 2½ km northeast of Varagavan.
is a village in the Berd Municipality of the of . is situated 3 km southwest of Varagavan.
is a village in the Berd Municipality of the of . is situated 6 km south of Varagavan.
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Latitude
40.96238° or 40° 57′ 45″ north
Longitude
45.35377° or 45° 21′ 14″ east
Open location code
8HG7X963+XG
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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”
  • 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”
  • Romanian: “Varagavan, Tavuș”
  • 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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