Gamarli 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 38 km to the southeast of the town of Serdarabad (Armavir), adjacent to the Boyuk Garasu River, at a height of 855 m above sea level. It was marked on the five- verst map of the Caucasus. Another name for the village was “Gozlu Gamarli”.

The village was solely inhabited by Azerbaijanis: 127 in 1831, 295 in 1873, 347 in 1886, 408 in 1897, 411 in 1904, 436 in 1914 and 425 Azerbaijanis in 1916. In 1918 the village was exposed to aggression by Armenian armed forces, the Azerbaijani residents were deported from their historical and ethnic lands and the Armenians relocated from Türkiye were settled there. Currently, the village is inhabited only by Armenians.

The toponym was coined by adding the suffix “-li” to the Turkic tribal name “Gamar” (“Kimmer” in ancient sources), and means “a village inhabited by the Gamar (Kimmer) tribe.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR dated 15 July 1946, the village was renamed “Metsamor”. 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°04’ N., longitude: 44°17’ E.