Otevan

Coordinates: 40°21′39″N 44°03′19″E / 40.36083°N 44.05528°E / 40.36083; 44.05528

Otevan Օթևան
Otevan
Coordinates: 40°21′39″N 44°03′19″E / 40.36083°N 44.05528°E / 40.36083; 44.05528
Country	Armenia
Marz (Province)	Aragatsotn
Population  (2001)
• Total	182
Time zone	UTC+4 ( )
• Summer (DST)

Otevan (Armenian: Օթևան); formerly known as Bashsis and Baysuz is a village in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The village is home to a 12th-century ruined Armenian church as well as the ruins of a fortress. The town is mostly populated by Yezidis.

See also[]

• Genocide of Yazidis by ISIL
• Yazidis in Armenia

References[]

• Otevan 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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