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.

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

Toponymy

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

References

External links

• 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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[ru] Заритап