Tavush
| Tavush | |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Capital | Ijevan |
| surface | 2704 km² |
| Residents | 112,920 (2011) |
| density | 42 inhabitants per km² |
| ISO 3166-2 | AM TV |
| Website | tavush.mtad.am (Armenian) |
| politics | |
| governor | Hajk Chobanjan |
Coordinates: 40 ° 54 ' N , 45 ° 12' E
Tavoush ( [ tɑvuʃ ] , Armenian մարզ Տավուշի , in scientific transliteration march Tavowši, translated province Tavoush; alternative transcriptions Tavusch or Tavush ) is a province in north-eastern Armenia . The province has an area of 2704 km².
112,920 people live in Tavush (as of 2011). The capital is Ijevan . Other cities are Dilijan and the earlier urban-type settlements of Ajrum , Berd and Nojemberjan, which were elevated to cities in the 1990s . In addition to these five municipalities, there are 57 rural communities with a total of 62 villages; the largest villages (each with over 2000 inhabitants) are Ajgehowit , Arzwaberd , Asatamut (also an urban type of settlement until the 1990s), Achajur , Bagrataschen , Berdawan , Gandsakar , Hagharzin and Koghb (as of 2011).
Tavush borders Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan from northeast to southeast, enclosing the Azerbaijani exclaves Barxudarlı and Yuxarı Əskipara , which were occupied by Armenia in 1992 in connection with the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict . In the west the Armenian province Lori connects , in the southwest on a short section the province Kotajk and in the south the province Gegharkunik .
The province was during the administrative reorganization within the framework of decentralization in 1995 from the since 1930/1937 Armenian SSR of the Soviet Union existing Rajons Ijevan, Tavush and Nojemberjan (until 1990 Schamschadin and the rajonfreien cities Dilijan and Ijevan formed).
In the province lie the ruins of the monasteries Samsonavank , Kirants and Aghavnavank .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://tavush.mtad.am/ (accessed January 5, 2020)
- ↑ Tavush. Results of the 2011 census at the Armenian Statistical Office (PDF, Armenian)
