Coordinates: 40°09′16″N 45°30′08″E / 40.15444°N 45.50222°E / 40.15444; 45.50222

Artsvanist Արծվանիստ
Artsvanist
Coordinates: 40°09′16″N 45°30′08″E / 40.15444°N 45.50222°E / 40.15444; 45.50222
Country	Armenia
Province	Gegharkunik
Government
- Mayor	Samvel Ohanyan
Population (2008)
- Total	3,061

Artsvanist (Armenian: Արծվանիստ; until 1968, Nerkin Aluchalu, Alichali, and Russified as Nizhniy Aluchalu) is a town in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. In the gorge south of the village is the early 10th century monastery of Vanevan.

[edit] References

• Artsvanist at GEOnet Names Server
• World Gazeteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia

• Brady Kiesling, Rediscoving Armenia, p. 46, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website

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