Zaritap

39°38′14″N 45°30′31″E

Zaritap Զառիթափ
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Coordinates: 39°38′14″N 45°30′31″E
Country	Armenia
Province	Vayots Dzor
Municipality	Vayk
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	1,380
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)
Zaritap at GEOnet Names Server

Zaritap (Armenian: Զառիթափ) is a village in the Vayk Municipality of the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia. For a time the village was renamed in honor of Meshadi Azizbekov^{[verification needed]}, an early Bolshevik and one of the 26 Baku Commissars. In the vicinity are 13th-century khachkars and the traces of an old fort.

Etymology

The village was previously known as Azizbekov, Pashalu and Pashaghu.