Yeghegnut ( hy, Եղեգնուտ, until 1947 Ghamishlu; before 1947 Sefiabad, Molla Badal, and Badal), is a village in the
Armavir 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 ' ...
. The majority of the village are Armenians (70%) with 663 (around 30%) of the
Yazidi
Yazidis or Yezidis (; ku, ئێزیدی, translit=Êzidî) are a Kurmanji-speaking endogamous minority group who are indigenous to Kurdistan, a geographical region in Western Asia that includes parts of Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran. The ma ...
minority.
See also
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Armavir Province
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Yazidis in Armenia
Yazidis in Armenia (; ku, Êzîdiyên Ermenistanê) are Yazidis who live in Armenia, where they form the largest ethnic minority. Yazidis settled in the territory of modern-day Armenia mainly in the 19th and early 20th centuries, fleeing relig ...
References
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World Gazeteer: Armenia– World-Gazetteer.com
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Populated places in Armavir Province
Yazidi villages
Yazidi populated places in Armenia
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