page_title: Ijevan
section_title: Industry
hierarchical_section_title: Ijevan / Economy / Industry
caption_attribution_description: Ijevan, Armenia
context_page_description: Ijevan, is a town and urban municipal community in Armenia serving as the administrative centre of Tavush Province. It is located at the center of the region, at the foot of Ijevan ridge of Gugark Mountains, on the shores of Aghstev River. As of the 2011 census, the population of the town was 21,081, making it the most populated town in the province. As per the 2016 official estimate, the population of Ijevan is around 20,700.
  Ijevan is located at a road distance of 137 km northeast of Yerevan. The Yerevan-Tbilisi highway passes through Ijevan.
  The town's current name Ijevan, and its former name Karavansara, both mean "inn", in Armenian and Persian, respectively.
  Ijevan is the seat of the Diocese of Tavush of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
context_section_description: Ijevan is the economic centre of Tavush. During the Soviet period, the town had witnessed a remarkable industrial progress especially in the field of carpet manufacturing and wood processing. Only one of the Soviet era manufacturing is still operating in Ijevan, this being the Ijevan Wine-Brandy Factory founded in 1951 (particularly famous for its pomegranate wine). The Ijevan carpet weaving mill was the largest in the Caucasus and the 3rd-largest in the whole Soviet Union. After the independence of Armenia, many small industrial plants were founded, including the "Karart" stone processing plant (since 2003).
  In 2014, the "Vector" company for software development was opened in Ijevan.
  However, unemployment rates remain high in Ijevan and the entire region.
caption: The centre of Ijevan
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