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{{About|the village of Vanevan|the monastery|Vanevan Monastery}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Vanevan
| native_name              = Վանևան
| pushpin_map              = Armenia#Gegharkunik
| mapsize                  = 150px
| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = [[Armenia]]
| subdivision_type1        = [[Provinces of Armenia|Province]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Gegharkunik Province|Gegharkunik]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[Municipalities of Armenia|Municipality]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Vardenis Municipality|Vardenis]]
| leader_title             = Mayor
| leader_name              = Norayr Harutyunyan
| 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         = [[Census in Armenia|2011]]
| population_total         = 367
| population_density_km2   = auto
| timezone                 = [[Armenia Time|AMT]]
| utc_offset               = +4
| coordinates              = {{coord|40|11|29|N|45|40|30|E|region:AM|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_m              = 1952
| footnotes                = {{GEOnet2|32FA881E68A83774E0440003BA962ED3}}
}}
'''Vanevan''' ({{langx|hy|Վանևան}}) is a village in the [[Vardenis Municipality]] of the [[Gegharkunik Province]] of [[Armenia]], located close to the village of [[Torfavan]].<ref name="Kiesling">{{cite Rediscovering Armenia}}</ref> It was founded in 1828 by Armenians. The village was later populated by [[Azerbaijanis]] before the [[Azerbaijanis in Armenia#Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict|exodus]] of Azerbaijanis from Armenia after the outbreak of the [[Nagorno-Karabakh conflict]]. Armenians who were deported from Azerbaijan now live in the village.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|date= |title=ՎԱՆԵՎԱՆ |url=https://gegharkunik.am/node/115 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721045517/https://gegharkunik.am/node/115|archive-date=21 July 2022|access-date=18 February 2021|website=gegharkunik.am}}</ref>
== Etymology ==
The village was previously known as ''Shafak''.<ref name="Kiesling"/>
== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{ArmenianCensus|146}}
* {{RediscoveringArmenia|46}}
{{Gegharkunik|state=expanded}}
{{portal bar|Geography}}
[[Category:Populated places in Gegharkunik Province]]
{{Gegharkunik-geo-stub}}