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Aghvani

village in Syunik Province of Armenia

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ2384258
Source-derived summary

Aghvani (Armenian: Աղվանի) is a village in the Kapan Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia.

Etymology

The village was previously known as Khoghvani.

Demographics

The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported Agarak's population as 88 in 2010, down from 138 at the 2001 census.

Editorial summary

“Aghvani” enters the record as village in Syunik Province of Armenia. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Aghvani, village and Syunik can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2010, 2001—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1923. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Aghvani, village and Syunik.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Aghvani” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Aghvani, village and Syunik provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2384258. Authority coordinates are 39.355, 46.303. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2010 and 2001.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Aghvani”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Aghvani primary sources, Aghvani archive and Aghvani research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Aghvani”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from Aghvani” 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.