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Koghb, Armenia

41°10′59″N 44°58′22″E / 41.18306°N 44.97278°E / 41.18306; 44.97278

Place in Tavush, Armenia

Koghb Կողբ
A view of Koghb
Koghb Show map of Armenia Koghb Show map of Tavush
Coordinates: 41°10′57″N 44°58′33″E / 41.18250°N 44.97583°E / 41.18250; 44.97583
Country	Armenia
Province	Tavush
Municipality	Noyemberyan
Elevation	750 m (2,460 ft)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	4,420
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)
Website	http://www.koghb.am/
Koghb, Armenia at GEOnet Names Server

Koghb (Armenian: Կողբ) is a village and rural community in the Noyemberyan Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia, located near the town of Noyemberyan.

Historical heritage

Koghb has many religious heritage sites, including the Mshkavank Monastery located on a mountain 3–4 km southwest of the village, which contains a restored 5th-century St. Astvatsatsin Church, the 5th-6th-century Tsghakhach Church, the 6th-century Tvarageghtsi Church and a 12th-13th century cemetery. Northwest of Koghb are the ruins of the Surb Arakel shrine in the old Arakelots village.^[2]

There are also many forts in the vicinity of the village, including, the Berdategh cyclopean fort 1.5 km to the southeast, and the fort of Gharanots Gol close by. 10 km west of Koghb are two cyclopean forts, Zikurati and Kozmani, with Bronze Age tomb fields adjacent. 15 km west is the Patashar cyclopean fort.^[2]

Gallery

Scenery around Koghb
Mshkavank Monastery
A view of Koghb
St. John the Evangelist Church
A view of Koghb
A view of Koghb
St. Lusavorich Church

References

^ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2019). Rediscovering Armenia: An in-depth inventory of villages and monuments in Armenia and Artsakh (3rd ed.). Armeniapedia Publishing.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Koghb.

Koghb Art School
Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
Kiesling, Brady (June 2000). Rediscovering Armenia: An Archaeological/Touristic Gazetteer and Map Set for the Historical Monuments of Armenia (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 November 2021.