Gighi is a village in the Zangezur uezd of the former Yelizavetpol (Ganja) governorate, later in the former Gafan district, and currently in the Syunik province. The provincial centre is located 26 km to the northwest of the town of Gapan, on the banks of the Gighi river, at a height of 1,580 m above sea level. Following the establishment of the Zangezur uezd in Soviet Armenia on 31 August 1921, the settlement was integrated into the administrative area of Armenia. The 10th-century Gighi fortress associated with Azerbaijanis exists there.

The village was inhabited by 131 Azerbaijanis in 1831, 191 in 1873, 254 in 1886, 215 in 1897, 569 in 1904 and 190 Azerbaijanis in 1914. In 1905 and in autumn of 1918, Armenian armed forces committed massacres in the Gigi valley and expelled the population. Following the establishment of Soviet power in the territory of present-day Armenia, some Azerbaijanis managed to return to their village. The village was inhabited by 335 Azerbaijanis in 1922, 265 in 1926, 380 in 1931, 491 in 1939, 570 in 1959, 923 in 1970 and 1,115 Azerbaijanis in 1979. In November 1988, the Azerbaijanis were completely deported from their historical and ethnic lands by the Armenian government. Currently, the village is inhabited only by Armenians.

The toponym was coined from the ethnonym “Kighi/Kighili” of Turkic origin. The name of the village is changed to “Geghi” as an Armenian literal translation.

According to the law “On the administrative-territorial division of the Republic of Armenia” dated 7 November 1995, it was integrated into the administrative area of the Syunik province.

Geographical coordinates: latitude: 39°13’ N., longitude: 46°09’ E.