Yeghegis
Sign in to saveYeghegis () 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.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Yeghegis
- Settlement.native_name
- Եղեգիս
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Yeghegis.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Armenia#Vayots Dzor
- Settlement.mapsize
- 150px
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Armenia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Vayots Dzor
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Yeghegis
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_total
- 369
- Settlement.timezone
- AMT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +4
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- Zorats Church
- Jewish cemetery
- Gallery
- References
- External links
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.
== Toponymy == The name Yeghegis originated from the Armenian word which means reed. The village was also previously known as Alagyaz and Erdapin.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yeghegis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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