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Yenokavan

Place in Tavush, Armenia

Yenokavan Ենոքավան
Agapa Resort in Yenokavan and surrounding landscape
40°54′49″N 45°05′58″E / 40.91361°N 45.09944°E / 40.91361; 45.09944
Country	Armenia
Province	Tavush
Municipality	Ijevan
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	537
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)
Yenokavan at GEOnet Names Server

Yenokavan (Armenian: Ենոքավան) is a village and summer resort in the Ijevan Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia. The village is located a few kilometres to the north of the regional capital of Ijevan, close to the main highway. The canyon near the village is lush with forests, rivers and has caves with ancient carvings.

The village features the Yell Extreme Park, an adventure park for various extreme sports. A group of adventurers called the "Yell Extreme Park Team", are planning to install the world's longest zip-line in Yenokavan, at the approximate cost of 200,000 USD.^[2]

Toponymy

The village was known as Krdevan until 1935. The village was renamed to Yenokavan in 1935 by the Soviets in honor of Yenok Mkrtumian, the founder of the first Communist party cell in the region.^[3]

Gallery

Apaga Resort in Yenokavan
Zipline in the Yell Extreme Park
Lastiver cave complex
Forests around Yenokavan

References

^ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
^ Yenokavan likely to have world's longest zip-line
^ Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 114, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website