Tsovak
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Tsovak
Ծովակ | |
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![]() A view of Tsovak | |
Coordinates: 40°10′58″N 45°38′02″E / 40.18278°N 45.63389°ECoordinates: 40°10′58″N 45°38′02″E / 40.18278°N 45.63389°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | Gegharkunik |
Elevation | 1,920 m (6,300 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 2,319 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AMT) |
Postal code | 1612 |
Tsovak at GEOnet Names Server |
Tsovak (Armenian: Ծովակ) is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.
Toponymy
The village was previously known as Nerkin Zagalu and Nizhniy Zagalu.
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
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
- Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 47; original archived at Archive.org, and current version online on Armeniapedia.org.
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