Noyemberyan (Armenian: Նոյեմբերյան), is a town in the northeastern Tavush Province of Armenia. It is located on the Koghb river, 187 km from Yerevan and in 22 km from railway station of the town of Ayrum, on the Yerevan-Tbilisi route. Azerbaijan's border is only few kilometers from the city. Noyemberyan was known as Barana until 1937, but later was renamed like other cities located in the Soviet Union to commemorate the October Revolution also known as the November Revolution. According Makar Barkhudaryanc, the old name of town Barana of Parana was dialectial form from Armenian Aparan.