Vardenik
Sign in to saveVardenik () is a village in the Martuni Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, that sits along the Vardenis River. The cyclopean fort ruins of Kaftarli are located 3 km south of the village, with petroglyphs being present downhill along the bank of the river, among . Some churches and shrines can be found in the vicinity. The village is the largest rural community in Armenia by population.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Vardenik
- Settlement.native_name
- Վարդենիկ
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Vardenik_01.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The entrance to Vardenik
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Armenia#Gegharkunik
- Settlement.mapsize
- 150px
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Armenia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Gegharkunik
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Martuni
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1828-29
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_total
- 9,880
- Settlement.population_density_km2
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Vardenik () is a village in the Martuni Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, that sits along the Vardenis River. The cyclopean fort ruins of Kaftarli are located 3 km south of the village, with petroglyphs being present downhill along the bank of the river, among . Some churches and shrines can be found in the vicinity. The village is the largest rural community in Armenia by population.
== Etymology == The village was previously known as Gezeldara, Nerkin Gezaldara, Gyuzeldara and Nizhnyaya Gezaldara.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vardenik” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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