Goytul was a village in the territory of the Echmiadzin uezd of the former Iravan governorate, later in the former Ashtarak district, and present-day Aragatsotn province. It was located 13 km to the northwest of Ashtarak. Another name for the village was Goytur. The village was marked on the five-verst map of the Caucasus). The name of the village was also noted as “Guytul”. There are the 3rd-5th-century historical monuments attributed to the life of Azerbaijanis in the territory of the village.

The village was solely inhabited by Azerbaijanis: 28 in 1831, 203 in 1873, 273 in 1886, 351 in 1897, 210 in 1908, 213 in 1914 and 390 in 1916. The Azerbaijanis were attacked, massacre or ousted from the village by Armenian armed formations in 1918. The Armenians removed from Türkiye were settled in the village. After the establishment of Soviet power in present-day Armenia, the Azerbaijanis who survived managed to return to the village. Along with the Armenians, the village was inhabited by 15 Azerbaijanis in 1922. They were deported from their historical and ethnic lands again in 1924–1925. Later, the village was abolished.