Aygavan ( hy, Այգավան) is a village in the

Vedi Municipality Vedi ( hy, Վեդի), is a town and urban municipal community in the Ararat Province of Armenia, located along the Vedi River, south of the capital Yerevan, and southeast of the provincial centre Artashat. According to the 2011 census, the pop ...

of the

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, located on the Yerevan-Meghri highway, near the

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and i ...

- Nakhchivan railway, at a height of 840 meters above sea level.

Etymology

The village is also known as ''Aygevan''.

History

Archaeologists have uncovered various antiquities around the village dated between 10 BCE and 8 BCE, such as clay pots and livestock of the early farmers of the area. The village was founded in 1828 and renamed Aygavan on April 4, 1946, when the Armenian SSR signed a decree to officially rename the village.

Culture

Aygavan has a middle school, a public library, a house of culture, an outpatient clinic and a post office.

Industry

Aygavan has a wine factory that is a branch of Ararat Brandy. Its main headquarters are in

, and it has branches in three other areas in Armenia, in Aygavan, Armavir, and in

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, and produces the world’s number one exported Armenian brandy, ranked in the top 5 of imported brandies worldwide.

Demographics

According to the 2017 official census, Aygavan has a population of 4,569, all Armenians,Dictionary of Toponyms of Armenia and Adjacent Regions up from 3,914 in the 2011 census.

Gallery

Ararat from Aygavan.jpg, View of Ararat from Aygavan

References

External links

Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census
Populated places in Ararat Province {{AraratAM-geo-stub