Davit Bek, Armenia
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Davit Bek ( hy, Դավիթ Բեկ) is a village in the
Kapan Municipality Kapan Municipality, referred to as Kapan Community ( hy, Կապան Համայնք ''Kapan Hamaynk''), is an urban community and administrative subdivision of Syunik Province of Armenia, at the south of the country. Consisted of a group of settlem ...
of the
Syunik Province Syunik ( hy, Սյունիք, ) is the southernmost province of Armenia. It is bordered by the Vayots Dzor Province to the north, Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic exclave to the west, Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran to the south. It ...
in
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 ' ...
. It is named after the Armenian patriotic leader
David Bek Davit Bek or David Beg (; died 1728) was an Armenian military commander and the leader of an Armenian rebellion against invading Ottoman forces and implanted Safavid Muslim tribes in the mountainous region of Zangezur (today the Armenian provin ...
. The village is the birthplace of
Aram Manukian Aram Manukian, reformed spelling: Արամ Մանուկյան, and he is also referred to as simply Aram. (19 March 187929 January 1919), was an Armenian revolutionary, statesman, and a leading member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation ...
, the Armenian revolutionary leader and the founder of the First Republic of Armenia. The Surp Gayane Church of Davit Bek was opened in 2008.


Etymology

The village was previously known as ''Zeyva''.


Demographics

The 2011 Armenia census reported its population as 796, down from 809 at the 2001 census.


Gallery

DavitBek.Village.monument.jpg, WWII monument DavitBek.St.Stepanos.church.jpg, St. Stepanos Church St.Gayane.church.jpg, St. Gayane Church DavitBek.village.jpg, Monument to fallen residents of Davit Bek in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War


References

Populated places in Syunik Province {{Syunik-geo-stub