# Balahovit

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Place in Kotayk, Armenia

Balahovit Բալահովիտ Balahovit Բալահովիտ Coordinates: 40°15′13″N 44°36′14″E / 40.25361°N 44.60389°E / 40.25361; 44.60389 Country Armenia Marz (Province) Kotayk Founded 1828-29 Government • Mayor Kamo Grigoryan Area • Total 12.28 km2 (4.74 sq mi) Population (2012) • Total 3,911[1] • Density 318.5/km2 (824.9/sq mi) Time zone UTC+4 ( ) • Summer (DST) UTC+5 ( )

**Balahovit** ([Armenian](/source/Armenian_language): Բալահովիտ, also [Romanized](/source/Romanize) as **Balaovit**; formerly until 1968, Mgub, Mekhub, and Mehub) is a village in the [Kotayk Province](/source/Kotayk_Province) of [Armenia](/source/Armenia). The majority of the early settlers of the village immigrated in 1828-29 from [Khoy](/source/Khoy) and [Salmast](/source/Salmas) in present-day [Iran](/source/Iran), while some of the immigrants came from Bulankh. It was renamed Balahovit in 1968 at the request of an Armenian-American group, after one of the eight [cantons](/source/Canton_(country_subdivision)) (*gavar*) of [Sophene](/source/Sophene) in [Greater Armenia](/source/Kingdom_of_Armenia_(antiquity)), of the same name. The community has a school, house of culture, and a first aid station, as well as the site of Yerevan Veterinary Institute's experimental station. Balahovit had a kindergarten, but it was closed in July 2004 due to the deteriorating conditions of the educational facility. The local economy is heavily dependent on agriculture, based primarily on grain farming, orchard cultivation, and cattle-breeding.[2][3] Balahovit has a small minority of [Kurds](/source/Kurds) (including [Yazidis](/source/Yazidis)) and [Russians](/source/Russians).[4]

## See also

- [Kotayk Province](/source/Kotayk_Province)

- [History of Balahovit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_Balahovit&action=edit&redlink=1)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [World Gazetteer - Armenia](http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&geo=-17) [*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Balahovit (Kotayk)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160305205144/http://www.caa.am/eng/lg.php?section=COMMUNITIES&id=226). CAA: Union of Communities of Armenia. Archived from [the original](http://www.caa.am/eng/lg.php?section=COMMUNITIES&id=226) on March 5, 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Kiesling_3-0)** Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2005). *Rediscovering Armenia: Guide* (2nd ed.). Yerevan: Matit Graphic Design Studio. p. 97. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [99941-0-121-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/99941-0-121-8).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["ՀԱՄԱՅՆՔՆԵՐ ԵՎ ԲՆԱԿԱՎԱՅՐԵՐ - ՀԱՄԱՅՆՔԻ ԵՎ ԲՆԱԿԱՎԱՅՐԻ ՄԱՍԻՆ"](http://kotayk.mtad.am/about-communities/18/) (in Armenian). Retrieved 20 May 2020.

- [Balahovit](https://geonames.nga.mil/geon-ags/rest/services/RESEARCH/GIS_OUTPUT/MapServer/0/query?outfields=*&where=full_name%3D+%27Balahovit%27) at [GEOnet Names Server](/source/GEOnet_Names_Server)

- [World Gazeteer: Armenia](http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-17&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=x)[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*] – World-Gazetteer.com

- [Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census](https://armstat.am/file/doc/178.pdf), [Statistical Committee of Armenia](/source/Statistical_Committee_of_Armenia)

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