Debedavan

{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Debedavan | native_name = Դեբեդավան | other_name = Lalvar | image_skyline = Լոռի, Լալվար.JPG | image_caption = A view of Debedavan | pushpin_map = Armenia#Tavush | mapsize = 150px | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Armenia | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Tavush | subdivision_type2 = Municipality | subdivision_name2 = Noyemberyan | population_footnotes = <ref name="2011census">{{Cite web|url=https://armstat.am/file/article/1._bajin_1_182-311.pdf|title=The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia|author=Statistical Committee of Armenia}}</ref> | population_as_of = 2011 | population_total = 669 | timezone = AMT | utc_offset = +4 | coordinates = {{coord|41.2794883|44.8122321|region:AM|display=inline}} | footnotes = {{GEOnet2|3FC727F02C022EC1E0535EB81CD69FD7}} }} '''Debedavan''' ({{langx|hy|Դեբեդավան}}), officially known until 1978 as '''Lalvar''' ({{Langx|az|Ləlvar}}) is a village in the Noyemberyan Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia, located near the Armenia–Georgia border. The village was populated by Azerbaijanis until 1988, when tensions between Armenians and Azerbaijanis escalated. The village was also previously a winemaking center.<ref>{{Cite Rediscovering Armenia}}</ref>

Debedavan is known as the lowest point (ca. 370 m. above the sea level) in Armenia.

== Demographics == {| class="wikitable" ! Year | 1989 | 2001 | 2011 |- ! Population | 185 | 763 | 669 |- |}

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== External links == *{{ArmenianCensus|116}} *{{RediscoveringArmenia|118}}

Category:Populated places in Tavush Province