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Karchevan (Armenian: Կարճևան) is a village in the Meghri Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia.

Karchevan
Կարճևան
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Karchevan
Karchevan
Coordinates: 38°53′47″N 46°10′44″E
Country Armenia
ProvinceSyunik
MunicipalityMeghri
Area
[1]
 • Total29.04 km2 (11.21 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total301
 • Density10/km2 (27/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)
Karchevan at GEOnet Names Server

The village is located in the southern part of the Syunik Province, a short distance from the Aras River - the main tributary of the Kura River, which forms the border with Iran and the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.[3]


Demographics



Population


The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its population was 292 in 2010,[4] down from 353 at the 2001 census.[5]


History


The village of Karchevan was first mentioned in the 10th century AD.[6] According to the Geographical and Statistical Dictionary of the Russian Empire, published in 1865, 260 people lived in the village at that time. In addition, there was an old Armenian church, and nearby the village was the monastery of St. Stepanos. The settlement has the Surb Astvatsatsin Church (12th century) and the ruins of the monastery of St. Stepanos.[7] In the vicinity of the village are the ruins of the Karchevan fortress as well as old cemeteries and tombs. During the Russian Empire, Karchevan was part of the Nakhichevan uezd of the Erivan Governorate.[6]


Culture


The locals speak a special Karchevan dialect of the Eastern Armenian language, similar to that spoken in Meghri and formerly in Agulis.[8]




References


Wikimedia Commons has media related to Karchevan.
  1. "Syunik regional e-Governance System" (in Armenian). Syunik Province provincial government. Click on link entitled "Համայնքներ" (community) and search for the place by Armenian name.
  2. Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
  3. Citypopulation.de Statistics of the Meghri Rayon, August 21, 2018.
  4. "Marzes of Armenia and Yerevan City in Figures, 2010" (PDF). Statistical Committee of Armenia.
  5. Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
  6. Cadastral Committee of Armenia (2008). Dictionary of settlements of the Republic of Armenia (PDF). Yerevan: Center for Geodesy and Cartography" SNCO. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2014.
  7. Semenov, P. (1865). Karchevan. Geographic and Statistical Dictionary of the Russian Empire. Vol. 2. St. Petersburg. p. 525.
  8. P. Nedjalkov, Vladimir (1988). Typology of Resultative Constructions. Moscow: John Benjamins Publishing. pp. 468–573. ISBN 9789027286147.


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- [en] Karchevan

[ru] Карчеван

Карчеван(арм. Կարճևան) — село в Армении в марзе Сюник, расположено на границе с Ираном в 80 км к юго-западу от областного центра — города Капан[1]


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