39°38′14″N 45°30′31″E / 39.63722°N 45.50861°E / 39.63722; 45.50861

Zaritap
Զառիթափ
Zaritap is located in Armenia
Zaritap
Zaritap
Zaritap is located in Vayots Dzor
Zaritap
Zaritap
Coordinates: 39°38′14″N 45°30′31″E / 39.63722°N 45.50861°E / 39.63722; 45.50861
CountryArmenia
ProvinceVayots Dzor
MunicipalityVayk
Population
  Total1,380
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)
Zaritap at GEOnet Names Server

Zaritap (Armenian: Զառիթափ) is a village in the Vayk Municipality of the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia. For a time the village was renamed in honor of Meshadi Azizbekov, an early Bolshevik and one of the 26 Baku Commissars. In the vicinity are 13th-century khachkars and the traces of an old fort.

Etymology

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

References

  1. Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
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