Tegh ( hy, Տեղ) is a village and the center of the

Tegh Municipality Tegh Municipality, referred to as Tegh Community ( hy, Տեղ Համայնք ''Tegh Hamaynk''), is a rural community and administrative subdivision of Syunik Province of Armenia, at the south of the country. Consisted of a group of settlements, it ...

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 ...

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. Tegh is the last village on the Goris- Stepanakert Highway before passing the border with the

Republic of Artsakh Artsakh, officially the Republic of Artsakh () or the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (),, is a breakaway state in the South Caucasus whose territory is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan. Artsakh controls a part of the former ...

. Of significance in the village, are the dozens of visible caves present near Tegh. The village is underlaid by a soft stone layer of porous rock, replete with rows of caves that were once used for human habitation, now largely used for animals. There are also some very large ones facing highway M12. Rows of them are visible from the highway while driving east.

Demographics

Population

The

Statistical Committee of Armenia The Statistical Committee of Armenia (Armenian language, Armenian: Հայաստանի վիճակագրական կոմիտե) is the national statistical government agency, agency of Armenia. History The statistical institution started its main ...

reported its population was 2,520 in 2010, up from 2,333 at the 2001 census.

Gallery

Cave City Tegh.jpg, "Cave City" in Tegh Tegh, Building complex Meliq-Barkhudaryan Amarath, 2014.05.11 - panoramio.jpg, Residential complex "Amarath" of the Melik-Barkhudaryans (1783) Տեղ գյուղի Արամայիս Սարգսյանի անվան միջնակարգ դպրոց.jpg, School in Tegh Խաչքար արցախյան պատերազմի և Տեղ գյուղի զոհվածների հիշատակին- Տեղ գյուղ.jpg, Khachkar monument in memory of the victims of the

First Nagorno-Karabakh War The First Nagorno-Karabakh War, referred to in Armenia as the Artsakh Liberation War ( hy, Արցախյան ազատամարտ, Artsakhyan azatamart) was an ethnic conflict, ethnic and territorial conflict that took place from February 1988 t ...

Tegh, S. Gevorg, 2014.05.11 - panoramio (1).jpg, Saint George's Church in Tegh

References

Communities in Syunik Province Populated places in Syunik Province Elizavetpol Governorate {{Syunik-geo-stub