Karchevan

Place in Syunik, Armenia

Karchevan Կարճևան

38°53′47″N 46°10′44″E / 38.89639°N 46.17889°E / 38.89639; 46.17889
Country	Armenia
Province	Syunik
Municipality	Meghri
Area ^[1]
• Total	29.04 km² (11.21 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[2]
• Total	301
• Density	10/km² (27/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)

Karchevan (Armenian: Կարճևան) is a village in the Meghri Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia.

The village is located in the southern part of the Syunik Province, a short distance from the Aras River - the main tributary of the Kura River, which forms the border with Iran and the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.^[3]

Demographics

The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its population was 292 in 2010,^[4] down from 353 at the 2001 census.^[5]

History

The village of Karchevan was first mentioned in the 10th century AD.^[6] It was bought by Armenian king Smbat Bagratuni (890-914) and donated to the domain of the Tatev Monastery. Historically, it formed part of the Arevik gavar (district) of the Syunik region of Greater Armenia and was mentioned in sources as a significant settlement. 13th century tax records from Tatev mention the settlement in its domain. It was the location of the Karchevan fortress and a caravanserai.^[7] According to the Geographical and Statistical Dictionary of the Russian Empire, published in 1865, 260 people lived in the village at that time. In addition, there was an old Armenian church, and nearby the village was the monastery of Surb Stepanos. The settlement has the Surb Astvatsatsin Church (12th century) and the ruins of the monastery of Surb Stepanos.^[8] In the vicinity of the village are the ruins of the Karchevan fortress as well as old cemeteries and tombs. During the Russian Empire, Karchevan was part of the Nakhichevan uezd of the Erivan Governorate.^[6]

Culture

The locals speak a special Karchevan dialect of the Eastern Armenian language, similar to that spoken in Meghri and formerly in Agulis.^[9]

Gallery

Karchevan
Surb Astvatsatsin Church
Linguist Eduard Aghayan's house in Karchevan
World War II memorial

References

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^ "Syunik regional e-Governance System" (in Armenian). Syunik Province provincial government. Click on link entitled "Համայնքներ" (community) and search for the place by Armenian name.
^ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
^ Citypopulation.de Statistics of the Meghri Rayon, August 21, 2018.
^ "Marzes of Armenia and Yerevan City in Figures, 2010" (PDF). Statistical Committee of Armenia.
^ Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
^ ^a ^b Cadastral Committee of Armenia (2008). Dictionary of settlements of the Republic of Armenia (PDF). Yerevan: Center for Geodesy and Cartography" SNCO. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2014.
^ Hakobyan, Tadevos Kh.; Melik-Bakhshyan, Stepan T.; Barseghyan, Hovhannes Kh. (1991). "Կարճևան [Karčevan]". Հայաստանի և հարակից շրջանների տեղանունների բառարան [Dictionary of Toponyms of Armenia and Adjacent Territories] (in Armenian). Vol. 3. Yerevan State University Press. pp. 49–50. OCLC 247335945.
^ Semenov, P. (1865). Geographic and Statistical Dictionary of the Russian Empire. Vol. 2. St. Petersburg. p. 525.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ P. Nedjalkov, Vladimir (1988). Typology of Resultative Constructions. Moscow: John Benjamins Publishing. pp. 468–573. ISBN 9789027286147.