Artanish ( hy, Արտանիշ; az, Ardanış) is a village in the
Shoghakat Municipality
Gegharkunik ( hy, wikt:Գեղարքունիք, Գեղարքունիք, ) is a provinces of Armenia, province (''Administrative divisions of Armenia, marz'') of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is Gavar.
Gegharkunik Province is located at t ...
of the
Gegharkunik Province of
Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...
. The village was populated by Azerbaijanis before the exodus of Azerbaijanis from Armenia after the outbreak of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
In 1988-1989 Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan settled in the village.
On a hill just to the west are the ruins of
cyclopean
Cyclopean masonry is a type of stonework found in Mycenaean architecture, built with massive limestone boulders, roughly fitted together with minimal clearance between adjacent stones and with clay mortar or no use of mortar. The boulders typic ...
fortresses, and nearby is a church and a cemetery.
Nature
The vicinity of the village hosts 111 species of butterflies and is recognized as the Prime Butterfly Area "Artanish-Shorzha". The area is also known as one of the key birdwatching sites of Armenia.
[Birdwatching. Armenian Bird Census Council. 2016. http://www.abcc-am.org/birdwatching.html ]
Gallery
Artanish Emma YSU (5).jpg, Lake Sevan from Mount Artanish
Artanish.jpg, Scenery around Mount Artanish
Artanish Emma YSU (1).jpg, Scenery around Mount Artanish
-artanish mountain near Sevan Lake S-N 04.jpg, Scenery around Mount Artanish
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Populated places in Gegharkunik Province
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