Artsvanist

Coordinates: 40°09′16″N 45°30′08″E / 40.15444°N 45.50222°E / 40.15444; 45.50222

Artsvanist Արծվանիստ
Artsvanist Արծվանիստ
Coordinates: 40°09′16″N 45°30′08″E / 40.15444°N 45.50222°E / 40.15444; 45.50222
Country	Armenia
Province	Gegharkunik
Government
- Mayor	Samvel Ohanyan
Population (2008)
- Total	3,061

Artsvanist (Armenian: Արծվանիստ; until 1968, Nerkin Aluchalu, Alichali, and Russified as Nizhniy Aluchalu) is a town in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. In the gorge south of the village is the early 10th century monastery of Vanevan and large but broken medieval khachkar monument nearby.

References

• Artsvanist at GEOnet Names Server
• World Gazeteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia
• Kiesling, Brady (2005), Rediscovering Armenia: Guide, Yerevan, Armenia: Matit Graphic Design Studio 
• Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 46; original archived at Archive.org, and current version online on Armeniapedia.org.