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|official_name          = Avan <br/> Ավան 
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'''Avan''' (((lang-hy|Ավան վարչական շրջան|translit=Avan varch’akan shrjan))) is one of the [[Districts of Yerevan|12 districts]] of [[Yerevan]], the capital of [[Armenia]]. Originally an ancient village on a hill at the northeastern outskirts of Yerevan, Avan has been inhabited since pre-Christian times. In the 20th century, during the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] period, the village was incorporated into the capital Yerevan. According to the 2011 census, Avan has a population of 53,231. Avan is home to the oldest preserved church in Yerevan, the [[Cathedral of Avan|Katoghike Tsiranavor Church]], which dates back to the late 6th century.

== Location ==
Avan is located on the hills north of the [[Nor Nork District]] and east of [[Kanaker]]. Avan has common borders with the districts of [[Arabkir District|Arabkir]] and [[Kanaker-Zeytun District|Kanaker-Zeytun]] from the east and the district of Nor Nork from the south. It is bordered by the [[Kotayk Province]] from the north and west.<ref>((Cite web |title=Ավան վարչական շրջան |url=https://www.yerevan.am/hy/districts/avan/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124121835/https://www.yerevan.am/hy/districts/avan/ |archive-date=24 January 2023 |website=Yerevan.am))</ref> The district has an altitude ranging between 1250 and 1300 meters, which is almost 250 meters higher than the centre of Yerevan.

The district is unofficially divided into smaller neighborhoods such as Avan blocks, Avan-Arinj and Aghi Hank.

Due to its location at a higher area, Avan is known among the districts of Yerevan for its clean atmosphere.

==History==
[[File:Avan 1.JPG|thumb|[[Katoghike Tsiranavor Church of Avan|Katoghike Tsiranavor Church]]]]
After the Second Synod of [[Dvin (ancient city)|Dvin]] of the [[Armenian Apostolic Church]] in 554, the Armenian Church reaffirmed its rejection of the [[Chalcedonian Definition]], causing controversy between the [[Monophysitism|Monophysitists]] and the pro-Byzantine clerics within the Armenian Church. According to the 7th-century Armenian historian [[Sebeos]], the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] appointed the pro-Byzantine Armenian cleric John of Bagavan as an anti-Catholicos of the Armenian Church. In 591, John of Bagavan built the [[Cathedral of Avan|Holy Mother of God Katoghike Tsiranavor Church]] in Avan village as the seat of his unrecognized Catholicosate. The large cemetery of the church contains many [[khachkar]]s from the 13th to 18th centuries. Adjacent to it across the street is a stepped plinth and broken funerary pillar monument from the 5th or 6th century. A worn inscription may be found along the landings of the second and third steps. The many inscriptions in the Greek and Georgian languages on the church façade, dating back to the 7th and the 13th centuries respectively, suggest that the Avan was still the centre of the breakaway of pro-Byzantine Armenian Church. Avan was severely damaged during the devastating [[1679 Armenia earthquake|Yerevan earthquake of 1679]].

After the Sovietization of Armenia, the city of Yerevan was entirely remodeled by architect [[Alexander Tamanian]]. By the mid-1960s, within the original plan of Tamanian, new cheaper Soviet apartment blocks with more than five stories were constructed at the outskirts of Yerevan, including the districts of Avan and Nor Nork. As a result of the expansion of the capital city, Avan was eventually absorbed by Yerevan.

== Streets and landmarks ==

=== Main streets ===
* Hrachya Acharyan Street
* Nver Safaryan Street
* Marshal Sergei Khudyakov Street
* Marshal Babajanian Street
* Yevgeny Vakhtangov Street
* Dushanbe Street
* Almaty Street

=== Historic landmarks ===
[[File:Sb Astvatsatsin Chapel, Avan, Yerevan1.JPG|thumb|The remains of the Holy Mother of God Chapel of Avan, 4th century]]
* [[Holy Mother of God Chapel of Avan]], dating back to the 4th century, partly ruined.<ref>((Cite web |title=Chapels of Avan |url=http://www.araratian-tem.am/churches.php?id=38 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817180356/http://www.araratian-tem.am/churches.php?id=38 |archive-date=17 August 2011 |access-date=30 October 2012 |website=Armenian Holy Apostolic Church Araratian Patriarchal Diocese))</ref>
* [[Surp Hovhannes Chapel of Avan]], 5th century, partly ruined.
* [[Katoghike Tsiranavor Church of Avan]], 6th century, partly ruined.
* [[Holy Mother of God Church, Avan]], opened in 2002. 
* Stepped plinth and broken funerary pillar monument, 5th to 6th centuries, near the main cemetery in Avan along ((not a typo|Nver Safaryan)) street.

=== Recreation ===
[[File:Flowerbed in the Botanical Garden of Armenia.JPG|thumb|Yerevan Botanical Garden]]
*[[Yerevan Botanical Garden]]
*Avan Park
*Family Park
*[[Yerevan Football Academy]] of the [[Football Federation of Armenia]]: home to 9 regular-sized football pitches, 4 tennis courts, indoor sports hall (for footsal, basketball, handball and volleyball), indoor and outdoor swimming pools, fitness centre, hotel and restaurant 
*[[Yerevan Football Academy Stadium]]
*''Play City'' amusement park

===Education and technology===
*[[Crisis Management State Academy]]
*[[CANDLE Synchrotron Research Institute]]
((clear))

== Gallery ==
<gallery class="center">
File:S. Hovhannes Avan.JPG|Surp Hovhannes Chapel, 5th century (12th-13th century)
File:Avan Pillar.JPG|Stepped plinth and broken funerary pillar monument, 5th to 6th centuries
File:Avan Oldchurch.JPG|Holy Mother of God Parochial Church of Avan (19th century)
File:Եկեղեցի Ս. Աստվածածին (12).JPG|Holy Mother of God Chapel of Avan built in 2002
</gallery>

==References==
((reflist))

((commons category|Avan, Yerevan))
((City of Yerevan))

((DEFAULTSORT:Avan (District)))
[[Category:Populated places in Yerevan]]
[[Category:Districts of Yerevan]]

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