Vazashen
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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Vazashen
|native_name = Վազաշեն
|image_skyline = Vazashen village, Tavush Province, Armenia.jpg
|image_caption = A view of Vazashen
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Armenia
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Tavush
|subdivision_type2 = Municipality
|subdivision_name2 = Ijevan
|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 = 765
|timezone = AMT
|utc_offset = +4
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Vazashen ({{langx|hy|Վազաշեն}}) is a village in the Ijevan Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia.
Toponymy
The village was previously known as Lala Gegh ({{langx|hy|Լալա գեղ}}), then Lali Gyugh ({{langx|hy|Լալի գյուղ}}).{{Cite web |url=http://www.caa.am/eng/lg.php?section=COMMUNITIES&id=983 |title=CAA |access-date=2012-09-13 |archive-date=2016-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305142854/http://www.caa.am/eng/lg.php?section=COMMUNITIES&id=983 |url-status=dead }} The name of Vazashen was chosen to reflect the local vineyard productionhttp://www.lragir.am/engsrc/print.country18386 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} (վազ/vaz 'grapevine' and շեն/shen 'village').
History
Near Vazashen is the historical site of Khaghkhagh ({{langx|hy|Խաղխաղ}}), the winter residence of the kings of Ancient Armenia, where Saint Vardan won his first military victory.Robert H. Hewsen. Armenia: A Historical Atlas. — University of Chicago Press, 2001. — 341 p. — {{ISBN|0-226-33228-4}}, {{ISBN|978-0-226-33228-4}}
Gallery
Monument in Vazashen.jpg|Monument in Vazashen
References
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External links
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- {{ArmenianCensus|116}}
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{{Portal bar|Geography}}
Category:Populated places in Tavush Province
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