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Ijevan ((アルメニア語:Իջևան)), is a town in Armenia and the administrative centre of the Tavush Province. It is located in the center of the region, at the foot of Ijevan and Nalteket ridges of Gugark mountains, on the shores of Aghstev River. As of the 2011 census, the population of the town is 21,081, making it the most populated town in the province. Ijevan is located 137 km northeast of Yerevan. The Yerevan-Tbilisi highway passes through Ijevan. the town has a railway station since 1870. The town's current name ''Ijevan'', and its former name ''Karavansara'' (until 1919), both mean "inn" (caravanserai), in Armenian and Persian, respectively.〔Kiesling, ''Rediscoving Armenia'', p. 111, available online at the (US embassy to Armenia's website )〕 ==Geography and history== Surrounded by the Gugark mountains, Ijevan Occupies the valley of Aghstev river at an average height of 755 meters above sea level.〔(Weather forecast for Ijevan in Tavush (Armenia), 755 m. )〕 The surrounding mountains are covered with thick forests, turning into alpine meadows in some areas. The average temperature of the year is 10.6 C, in January 0 C, while in July 21.3 C. The maximum temperature registered ever in Ijevan is +37 C and the minimum is -23. The annual precipitation is 562 mm. At the entrance of the town there is a small lake called "Spitak". It is near the town of Kayan. It is said by tradition that about 2000 years ago, King Artavasdes I built a city on the place of modern-day Ijevan. He gathered only the beautiful girls and the handsome boys from all over Armenia, so that latter they would get married and settle in the newly established town. Thus, the successors of that handsome generation live today in Ijevan. Being located on a very important trade route between the Levant and Northern Caucasus, the region was home to many rest-houses and caravanserais for the merchants and their caravans. In the 1780s, during the Persian rule, the village of Karavansara was founded.〔(Lusamut )〕 In 1801, the area of Ijevan along with Lori Province and the Georgian territories became part of the Russian Empire. During the rule of Paul I, approximately 6000 Armenian families from Karabakh were allowed to move to the valley of Aghstev river and occupy the region around Karavansara village. In 1919, after the independence of Armenia, the name of the settlement of Karavansara was changed into Ijevan. On 29 November 1920, Ijevan was the venue of the first Soviet rule in Armenia after being invaded by the Red Army from the north. Chamber tombs near the city hospital and a late Bronze Age cemetery on the left bank of Aghstev attest to the early occupation of the site.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ArmeniaPedia.org, ''Ijevan Town'' )〕 The remains of a medieval caravanserai could be found on the banks of Aghstev river on a site called Hamam-Jala. Ijevan was granted the status of urban community in 1970. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ijevan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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