Zaritap
Zaritap (Armenian: Զառիթափ; formerly Azizbekov, Pashalu and Pashaghu) is a village and the center of the Zaritap Municipality of the Vayots Dzor Province in Armenia. For a time the village was renamed in honor of Meshadi Azizbekov, an early Bolshevik and one of the 26 Baku Commissars. In the vicinity are 13th-century khachkars and the traces of an old fort.
Zaritap
Զառիթափ | |
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  Zaritap | |
| Coordinates: 39°38′14″N 45°30′31″E | |
| Country |  Armenia |
| Province | Vayots Dzor |
| Municipality | Zaritap |
| Population (2011[1]) | |
| • Total | 1,380 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 |
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zaritap. |
- Zaritap at GEOnet Names Server
- World Gazeteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
- Kiesling, Brady (2005), Rediscovering Armenia: Guide, Yerevan, Armenia: Matit Graphic Design Studio
- Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 127; original archived at Archive.org, and current version online on Armeniapedia.org.
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