Tavush Province:
Tavush (Armenian: Տավուշ) is a province (marz) of Armenia. It is in the north-east of the country, bordering Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to the east. Its capital is Ijevan. The province once comprised part of the northwestern region of the historic Utik province of the Kingdom of Armenia. It surrounds the Barkhudarli and Yukhari Askipara exclaves of Azerbaijan which have been controlled by Armenia since their capture during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. The other cities in Tavush are Noyemberyan, Dilijan and Berd. Berd is the center of the Shamshadin region where the late Ukrainian-Armenian painter Sarkis Ordyan was born. Tavush was part of Tiflis Governorate at first, later Elisabethpol Governorate during Russian Tsardom rule.
Mountainous and forested, Tavush is home to many historic Armenian monasteries, churches, castles, forts, and khachkars. The noteworthy Goshavank, Makaravank, and the Haghartsin monasteries are all located in this region. Goshavank was founded as Nor-Getik by Mkhitar Gosh, an Armenian scholar and priest who wrote civil and canon law that was used in Armenia proper as well as in the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, and was later used by the Armenians who lived in Galicia under Polish rule. Haghartsin was built between the 10th and 14th centuries under the patronage of the Bagratuni Dynasty.
The region borders the following provinces:
[edit] Communities
The province of Tavush consists of the following 62 communities (hamaynkner), of which 5 (bold in the table) are considered urban and 57 are considered rural.[1] The division below is by raion, the administrative subdivisions of Armenia before 1995.
[edit] References
- ^ "RA Tavush Marz". Marzes of the Republic of Armenia in Figures, 2002-2006. National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia (2007).
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