Kalavan
village in Gegharkunik Province of Armenia
Kalavan (Armenian: Կալավան) is a village in the Chambarak Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The village is 1,600 meters above sea level, having cemeteries and stone-century outdoor stations in its surroundings. The village was populated by Azerbaijanis before the exodus of Azerbaijanis from Armenia after the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. In 1988-1989 Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan settled in the village. Many well-known foreign and Armenian specialists have bought houses and initiated economic activities in Kalavan. This village has been described as an example of successful community development.
History
The archaeological monument Kalavan 1 dates back to the 14th millennium, and Kalavan 2 is more than 34 thousand years old.
Tourism
An exciting archaeological tourism project is established in the village. A replica of a Stone Age settlement was constructed where visitors can learn the different skills of the primeval men, such as building houses, setting fires, collecting food and making tools and weapons. A Stone Age walking trail with animal shaped signs was designed to guide the visitors to several different locations around the village where they can practice these skills.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1024602. Authority coordinates are 40.650, 45.117. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1988 and 1989.
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This entry incorporates text from “Kalavan” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.