Gulabli

Gulabli is a village in the Echmiadzin uezd of the former Iravan governorate, later in the former Abaran district, and currently in the Aragatsotn province. The provincial centre is located 39 km to the northeast of the town of Ashtarak, at the foot of the Mount Ortulu, at a height of 2,025 m above sea level. In their works Armenian authors mention the village as “Gulapli”, “Gulab”, “Gulabdi”. It is marked in “The Iravan Province Review Book” as “Gulabdi”, and on the five-verst map of the Caucasus as “Gulabli”.

The village was first inhabited by Azerbaijanis who left it following the settlement of Armenians in the district.

The toponym was coined on the basis of the multi- generational family name “Gulabli”. It is a patronymic toponym.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR dated on 15 June 1946, the village was renamed “Dzoraglukh” through literal translation from Azerbaijani. 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 Aragatsotn province.

Geographical coordinates: latitude: 40°34’49” N., longitude: 44°29’ 07” E.