Zaritap

Coordinates: 39°38′14″N 45°30′31″E / 39.63722°N 45.50861°E / 39.63722; 45.50861

Zaritap Զառիթափ
Zaritap
Coordinates: 39°38′14″N 45°30′31″E / 39.63722°N 45.50861°E / 39.63722; 45.50861
Country	Armenia
Province	Vayots Dzor
Municipality	Zaritap
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	1,380
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)
Zaritap at GEOnet Names Server

Zaritap (Armenian: Զառիթափ) is a village and the center of the Zaritap Municipality of the Vayots Dzor Province in Armenia. For a time the village was renamed in honor of Meshadi Azizbekov^{[verification needed]}, an early Bolshevik and one of the 26 Baku Commissars. In the vicinity are 13th-century khachkars and the traces of an old fort.

Toponymy[]

The village was previously known as Azizbekov, Pashalu and Pashaghu.

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External links[]

• World Gazeteer: Armenia^{[dead link]} – World-Gazetteer.com
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
• Kiesling, Brady (2005), Rediscovering Armenia: Guide, Yerevan, Armenia: Matit Graphic Design Studio
• Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 127; original archived at Archive.org, and current version online on Armeniapedia.org.

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