Karmirgyugh

40°19′50″N 45°11′02″E / 40.33056°N 45.18389°E / 40.33056; 45.18389

Place in Gegharkunik, Armenia

Karmirgyugh Կարմիրգյուղ
A view of Karmirgyugh
Karmirgyugh Show map of Armenia Karmirgyugh Show map of Gegharkunik
Coordinates: 40°19′50″N 45°11′02″E / 40.33056°N 45.18389°E / 40.33056; 45.18389
Country	Armenia
Province	Gegharkunik
Municipality	Gavar
Founded	1831
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	4,964
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)
Karmirgyugh at GEOnet Names Server

Karmirgyugh (Armenian: Կարմիրգյուղ, lit. 'Red Village') is a village in the Gavar Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.

Etymology

The village is also known as Gyukh, and was known as Kulali and Ghulali until 1940.

History

The village was founded in 1831 by emigrants from Gavar. It contains two churches with khachkars, St. Astvatsatsin and St. Grigor, and was the discovery site of a boundary stone of King Artashes, inscribed in Aramaic. There are also Urartian ruins nearby.^[2]

Gallery

St. Astvatsatsin Church
Scenery around Karmirgyugh
St. Grigor Church
A view of Karmirgyugh and surrounding mountains
St. Grigor Church and khachkars
St. Astvatsatsin Church

References

^ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
^ Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2005). Rediscovering Armenia: Guide (2nd ed.). Yerevan: Matit Graphic Design Studio. p. 78. ISBN 99941-0-121-8.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Karmirgyugh.

Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
Kiesling, Brady (June 2000). Rediscovering Armenia: An Archaeological/Touristic Gazetteer and Map Set for the Historical Monuments of Armenia (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 November 2021.