Armutveren is a village in the Posof District, Ardahan Province, Turkey.Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 15 January 2023. Its population is 78 (2021).
The former name of the village of Armutveren was Papala. Papala (), a Mingrelian word, means canyon.ოთარ ქაჯაია, მეგრულ-ქართული ლექსიკონი / Megrelian-Georgian Dictionary, Tbilisi, 2001 This place name was recorded as Papala (پاپالا) in the Ottoman land-survey register (mufassal defter) of 1595.გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი: გამოკვლევა: წიგნი III), Sergi Jikia, Tbilisi, 1947-1958, 3 volumes, volume III (1958), p. 444
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