Yenokavan

Yenokavan
Ենոքավան
Yenokavan
Coordinates:
Country Armenia
Marz (Province) Tavush
Population (2001)
 • Total 576
Time zone   (UTC+4)
 • Summer (DST)   (UTC+5)

Yenokavan (Armenian: Ենոքավան, also Romanized as Enoqavan; until 1935, Krdevan) is a village in the Tavush Province of Armenia. The village was renamed in 1935 in honor of Yenok Mkrtumian, who founded the first Communist party cell in the region.[1]

The village is a few kilometers north of the regional capital of Ijevan, close to the main highway. The canyon behind the village is lush with forest, river and has caves with interesting carvings [1].

References

  1. ^ Kiesling, Rediscoving Armenia, p. 114, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website