Jujevan

Jujevan (Armenian: Ջուջևան) is a village in the Tavush Province of Armenia.

Jujevan
Ջուջևան
Jujevan
Coordinates: 41°07′56″N 45°00′40″E
Country Armenia
ProvinceTavush
Founded1874
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total514
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)
Jujevan at GEOnet Names Server

History

The village was founded in 1874, and is the site of the Jujevank Monastery dating from the 19th century and a 12th/13th-century chapel. Poploz-Gash, an Early Iron Age cyclopean fort and the Jaghatsategh settlement from the Early Bronze Age are also located nearby.[2]

Demographics

The village had 407 inhabitants in 2000,[2] and 514 inhabitants in 2011.[1]

References
  1. Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
  2. Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 117, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website Archived 2008-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
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