Khiznauz is a village in the Echmiadzin uezd of the former Iravan governorate, later in the former Uchkilsa (Echmiadzin, Vagharshapat) district, and currently in the Armavir province. The provincial centre lies 20 km to the northeast of the Serdarabad (Armavir) town, at a height of 915 m above sea level. It was marked as “Khazaviz” in “The Iravan Province Comprehensive Data Book” compiled in 1590, and as “Khiznauz” on the five-verst map of the Caucasus. The other names for the village were “Khenaniz”, “Khiznavuz”, “Khznavuz”, “Kiznauz”.

Until 1828 the village had been solely inhabited by Azerbaijanis. After the Treaty of Turkmenchay, the Azerbaijanis were expelled from the village by Armenian militants, and in 1828–1829 the Armenians relocated from Khoy province of Iran were settled there. At present, the village is inhabited by Armenians.

The toponym was coined by adding the plural suffix “-uz” (avuz, vuz) to the ethnonym “khiz” (referred to as the Oghuz ethnonym “ghiz, ghuz” in Arabic sources.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR dated 4 May 1946, the village was renamed “Aragats”. According to the law “On the administrative-territorial division of the Republic of Armenia” dated 7 November 1995, it was integrated into the administrative territory of the Armavir province.

Geographical coordinates: latitude: 40°13’ N., longitude: 44°13’ E.