Dzyunashogh

41°10′46″N 44°10′52″E / 41.17944°N 44.18111°E / 41.17944; 44.18111

Place in Lori Province, Armenia

Dzyunashogh Ձյունաշող
Dzyunashogh
Coordinates: 41°10′46″N 44°10′52″E / 41.17944°N 44.18111°E / 41.17944; 44.18111
Country	Armenia
Marz (Province)	Lori Province
Elevation	1,590 m (5,220 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	274
Time zone	UTC+4 ( )
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5 ( )

Dzyunashogh (Armenian: Ձյունաշող) is a town in the Lori Province of Armenia near the Armenia–Georgia border.

History

Between May and July 1989, the Azerbaijani population of Gizil Shafag were subject to an unusual village exchange with the then-Armenian population of Karkanj in Azerbaijan.^[1]^[2]

References

^ BEYOND THE KARABAKH CONFLICT: The Story of Village Exchange - book about the population swap by Sevil Huseynova, Arsen Hakobyan, & Sergey Rumyantsev
^ Arsen Hakobyan's article on the village exchange^{[permanent dead link]}