page_title: Gegharkunik Province
section_title: Sport
hierarchical_section_title: Gegharkunik Province / Sport
caption_attribution_description: English: Sevan peninsula (formerly an island) in Lake Sevan in Armenia. Visible is the Armenian monastery of Sevanavank on the peninsula.
context_page_description: Gegharkunik, is a province of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is the town of Gavar.
  Gegharkunik Province is located at the eastern part of Armenia, bordering Azerbaijan and the Shahumyan Region of de facto Republic of Artsakh. With an area of 5,348 km², Gegharkunik is the largest province in Armenia. However, approximately 24% or 1,278 km² of its territory is covered by Lake Sevan, the largest lake in Transcaucasia and a major tourist attraction of the region.
  The Yerevan-Sevan-Dilijan republican highway runs through the province.
context_section_description: During the brief summer of the region, Sevan and the nearby beaches tun into a popular beach resort. Many professionals and amateurs visit the region to practice their favourite types of sports including beach soccer, beach volleyball and windsurfing.
  The defunct football teams of FC Akhtamar Sevan and Lernagorts Vardenis FC represented the province at the domestic competitions during the 1990s. Alashkert FC represented town of Martuni between 1990 and 2000 before being relocated to Yerevan.
  There are football stadiums with small seating capacities in Sevan, Martuni, Vardenis and the village of Lchashen.
caption: Windsurfing in Sevan
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