Karmirgyugh (Armenian: Կարմիրգյուղ; lit. 'Red Village') is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of 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
Country	Armenia
Province	Gegharkunik
Founded	1831
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	4,964
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)
Karmirgyugh at GEOnet Names Server

Toponymy

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

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

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Karmirgyugh.

• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
• Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 44; original archived at Archive.org, and current version online on Armeniapedia.org.

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