Kond

Kond (Armenian: Կոնդ) is one of the oldest quarters of Yerevan. It is situated within the boundaries of modern Kentron District of the capital of Armenia. The word Kond means long hill in Armenian. During the Persian rule was called Tapabashi (Azerbaijani for "top of the hill"). According to Hovhannes Shahkhatunyants, an Armenian historian, Kond located in the western and southern hillsides and foot of a rocky hill with similar name. Its western border was Hrazdan River, and the northern border was the Kozern Cemetery. Kond was populated by Armenians.