Tsovak

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Tsovak

| native_name = Ծովակ

| image_skyline = Gegharkunik.jpg

| image_caption = A view of Tsovak

| pushpin_map = Armenia#Gegharkunik

| mapsize = 150px

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Armenia

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Gegharkunik

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Vardenis

| leader_title = Mayor

| population_footnotes = {{Cite web|url=https://armstat.am/file/article/1._bajin_1_182-311.pdf|title=The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia|author=Statistical Committee of Armenia}}

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_total = 2,319

| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone = AMT

| utc_offset = +4

| coordinates = {{coord|40|10|58|N|45|38|02|E|region:AM|display=inline,title}}

| elevation_m = 1920

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 1612

| footnotes = {{GEOnet2|32FA881E68EE3774E0440003BA962ED3}}

}}

Tsovak ({{langx|hy|Ծովակ}}) is a village in the Vardenis Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.

History

The village is the site of a large Iron Age fort atop the hill to the south and west, with an 8th-century BCE cuneiform inscription of Sarduri II cut into the stone at the north edge of the fortification.{{cite book|last1=Kiesling |first1=Brady| first2=Raffi| last2= Kojian| year=2005 |title=Rediscovering Armenia: Guide| edition= 2nd| publisher=Matit Graphic Design Studio| location=Yerevan| page=81| isbn=99941-0-121-8}}

Gallery

Խաչքար, Ծովակ-Լճավան ճանապարհից ձախ 05.jpg|Khachkars in Tsovak

Ծովակ գյուղի ամրոց 01.jpg|Tsovak castle

Yot Axper chapel 08.jpg|Yot Axper chapel

Yot Axper chapel 02.jpg|Khachkar in Yot Axper chapel

Ծովակ խաչքարեր Յոթ ախպեր 15.jpg|Yot Axper chapel

References

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