Alagyaz

For other places with the same name, see Alagyaz (disambiguation).

Coordinates: 40°40′53″N 44°17′25″E / 40.68139°N 44.29028°E / 40.68139; 44.29028

Alagyaz Ալագյազ
Alagyaz
Coordinates: 40°40′53″N 44°17′25″E / 40.68139°N 44.29028°E / 40.68139; 44.29028
Country	Armenia
Marz (Province)	Aragatsotn
Population (2001)
– Total	469
Time zone	(UTC+4)
– Summer (DST)	(UTC+5)

Alagyaz (Armenian: Ալագյազ; Kurdish: Elegez, also Romanized as Alagëz; until 1938, Mets Dzhamshlu, Bol'shoy Dzhamushli, Dzhamushlu Bol'shoy, Dzhamushli, Mets Jamyshlu, and Mets Jamshlu) is a town in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Most of the population are Yezidis. The town has a cheese factory.

References

• Alagyaz at GEOnet Names Server
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia
• Kiesling, Rediscoving Armenia, p. 23, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website