• Source: Verin Dvin

Verin Dvin (Armenian: Վերին Դվին) is a village in the Verin Dvin Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia, located 30 kilometers south of Yerevan. The largest Assyrian community in Armenia is in Verin Dvin, where around 2,000 out of the 2,700 residents in the village are ethnic Assyrians. The village is home to 2 Assyrian churches including the church of Mar Tuma (Saint Thomas) dating back to 1828. The village is built near the ruins of the ancient city of Dvin.
The secondary school of the village has a majority of ethnic Assyrian students and provides lessons in Assyrian history and language.




External links


Verin Dvin at GEOnet Names Server
World Gazeteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com
Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
Հին Եդեսիայի հետնորդները Հայաստանում in azatutyun.am




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Verin Dvin
• Dvin (ancient city)
• Ararat Province
• Dvin
• Dvin, Armenia
• Municipalities of Armenia
• Verin Artashat
• Gyolaysor
• Assyrians in Armenia
• List of Assyrian ethnic enclaves