evidence: Gegharkunik is the largest province in Armenia. The capital and largest city is the town of Gavar. Most of the territory of the region (1,278 km2) is covered by Lake Sevan, the largest lake in Transcaucasia and the region's major tourist attraction. The name of Gegharkunik is derived from the name of Gegham, the 5th king of the Haykazuni Dynasty and one of the descendants of the legendary forefather of the Armenian nation Hayk. The Gegham mountains and the Lake of Gegham (currently known as Lake Sevan) were also named after Gegham. [...] According to the calculations of 2011, the population of the Gegharkunik region is 235 075 people. Besides Armenians, Yazidis, Kurds, and Russians live here.