Metsadzor

Coordinates: 40°23′N 44°03′E / 40.383°N 44.050°E / 40.383; 44.050

Metsadzor Մեծաձոր
Metsadzor
Coordinates: 40°23′N 44°03′E / 40.383°N 44.050°E / 40.383; 44.050
Country	Armenia
Marz (Province)	Aragatsotn
Population  (2001)
• Total	159
Time zone	UTC+4 ( )
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5 ( )

Metsadzor (Armenian: Մեծաձոր; formerly, Schanlu, Avtona) is a town in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Most inhabitants are Yezidis, and the town's name means "waterless" in Kurdish.

See also[]

• Aragatsotn Province
• Genocide of Yazidis by ISIL

References[]

• Metsadzor at GEOnet Names Server
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census
• Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 18, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website

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