Armutveren, Posof

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Armutveren
Village
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Armutveren
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 41°34′34″N42°47′33″E / 41.5760°N 42.7926°E / 41.5760; 42.7926
Country Turkey
Province Ardahan
District Posof
Population
 (2021)
78
Time zone UTC+3 (TRT)

Armutveren is a village in the Posof District, Ardahan Province, Turkey. [1] Its population is 78 (2021). [2]

The former name of the village of Armutveren was Papala. Papala (Mingrelian : ფაფალა), a Megrelian word, means canyon. [3] This place name was recorded as Papala (پاپالا) in the Ottoman land-survey register (mufassal defter) of 1595. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK . Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  3. ↑ ოთარ ქაჯაია, მეგრულ-ქართული ლექსიკონი / Megrelian-Georgian Dictionary, Tbilisi, 2001
  4. ↑ გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი: გამოკვლევა: წიგნი III), Sergi Jikia, Tbilisi, 1947-1958, 3 volumes, volume III (1958), p. 444


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