Jil () is a village in the

Shoghakat Municipality Gegharkunik (, ) is a provinces of Armenia, province (''Administrative divisions of Armenia, marz'') of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is Gavar. Gegharkunik is inhabited by approximately 209,669 people and the majority are ethnic Armenian ...

of the

Gegharkunik Province Gegharkunik (, ) is a provinces of Armenia, province (''Administrative divisions of Armenia, marz'') of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is Gavar. Gegharkunik is inhabited by approximately 209,669 people and the majority are ethnic Armenian ...

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, located near the northern shore of

Lake Sevan Lake Sevan () is the largest body of water in both Armenia and the Caucasus region. It is one of the largest freshwater Alpine lake, high-altitude (alpine) lakes in Eurasia. The lake is situated in Gegharkunik Province, at an altitude of abov ...

. Most of the beach in close proximity to the village remains uninhabited with a strip of forested land that lines the shore.

History

Two kilometers north of the village is the ''Dasht Ler'' Castle (also called the ''Dashti-ler'' fort) from the

1st millennium BC File:1st millennium BC.jpg, 400x400px, From top left clockwise: The Parthenon, a former temple in Athens, Greece; Aristotle, Greek philosopher; Gautama Buddha, a spiritual teacher and the founder of Buddhism; Wars of Alexander the Great last from ...

. The village was founded in the 12th century. On a German map from 1902 it is mentioned as the main settlement in the area between present-day villages Shoghakat and

Mets Masrik Mets Masrik () is a village in the Vardenis Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The village is located close to Pokr Masrik (). History The town has been inhabited since the 7th century and has a khachkar A ''khachkar ...

. The village was populated by

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before the

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of Azerbaijanis from Armenia after the outbreak of the

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is an ethnic and territorial conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, inhabited mostly by ethnic Armenians until 2023, and seven surrounding districts, inhabited mostly by Azerbai ...

. In 1988-1989 Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan settled in the village.

Notable people

* Avaz Alakbarov, Azerbaijani politician and scientist, former Minister of Finance of the Republic of Azerbaijan * Khalaf Khalafov,Xələfov Xələf Alı oğlu — Azərbaycan Respublikasının Xarici İşlər Nazirinin müavini, Həyatı və fəaliyyəti, Published on 1 April 2017, Retrieved on 23 September 2022
/ref> Azerbaijani diplomat, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan

References

External links

* * Populated places in Gegharkunik Province {{Gegharkunik-geo-stub