Tsovak

Place in Gegharkunik, Armenia

Tsovak Ծովակ
A view of Tsovak
40°10′58″N 45°38′02″E / 40.18278°N 45.63389°E / 40.18278; 45.63389
Country	Armenia
Province	Gegharkunik
Municipality	Vardenis
Elevation	1,920 m (6,300 ft)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	2,319
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)
Postal code	1612
Tsovak at GEOnet Names Server

Tsovak (Armenian: Ծովակ) is a village in the Vardenis Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.

History

The village is the site of a large Iron Age fort atop the hill to the south and west, with an 8th-century BCE cuneiform inscription of Sarduri II cut into the stone at the north edge of the fortification.^[2]

Gallery

Khachkars in Tsovak
Tsovak castle
Yot Axper chapel
Khachkar in Yot Axper chapel
Yot Axper chapel

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. 81. ISBN 99941-0-121-8.

External links

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World Gazeteer: Armenia^{[dead link]} – World-Gazetteer.com
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.