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Armeniaca Place

Gugark

HistoryAlso: Gogarene, Gogarenē, Gugarq and 3 more

Armenian
Գուգարք
Region
Northern Armenia

Gugark was a province in the north of historic Armenia, and the Greeks called it Gogarene. It is one of the fifteen provinces of Greater Armenia.1 The mountains of the province include the highlands of Lori and of Javakhk, and the Bazum range.1

In 387 Gugark passed under the suzerainty of Iberia, which is Eastern Georgia.2

Sources

  1. Danielyan, Eduard. “Fundamental Characteristics of Physical and Political Geography of Armenia: The Armenian Highland.” Fundamental Armenology 1 (7), 2018. Institute of History, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. link. ↩
  2. Hewsen, Robert H. “Ayrarat.” Encyclopaedia Iranica, 15 December 1987. link. ↩