Garaguzey was a village in the territory of the Iravan uezd of the former Iravan governorate, later in the former Vedi (Ararat) district, and present-day Ararat province.

Initially, Azerbaijanis lived in the village, after the settlement of Armenians in the region, the population gradually left the village.

The toponym was coined from the words “gara” used in the sense of “tall, high” and the word “guzey” used in the sense of “north, a place where the sun does not fall”.