Godekli is a village in the Iravan uezd of the former Iravan governorate, later in the former Gamarli (Artashat) district, and currently in the Ararat province. Another name for the village is indicated by Armenian authors as Goydaghli, Kichik Deliler. The provincial centre is located 9 km to the northwest of the town of Gamarli, at a height of 845 m above sea level. It is marked on the five-verst map of the Caucasus.

The village was originally inhabited by Azerbaijanis, and following the settlement of Armenians in the district, its original inhabitants left the village. Armenians were removed from the Khoy and Salmas provinces of Iran and settled in the village in 1828–1829.

The toponym was formed on the basis of the ethnonym “Godakli” of the Gazakhlar Turkic tribe.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR dated 20 August 1945, the village was renamed “Mrgavet”. 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 Ararat province.

Geographical coordinates: latitude: 39°57’ N., longitude: 44°32’ E.