Gavar (Armenian:Գավառ, colloquially known as Kyavar, Քյավառ) is a town in Armenia and the capital of the Gegharkunik Province. The town is situated among the high mountains of Geghama range, with an average height of 1982 meters above sea level, 98 kilometers east of the capital Yerevan. As of the 2011 census, the town has a population of 20,765. The town was known as Nor Bayezet or Novo-Bayazet until 1959, then Kamo (for the Bolshevik revolutionary) until 1996.