Bagaran (Armenian: Բագարան) was a city in ancient Armenia founded during the reign of the Orontid dynasty.

[1] According to the Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi, Bagaran was founded during the third century BC by King Orontes IV of Armenia.

[2] It quickly became the religious centre of Armenia, replacing Armavir as the main spiritual site of the Orontid pagan temples.

In 1920, as a result of the Turkish–Armenian War, the territories of the Republic of Armenia located west of the Akhurian River were captured by Turkey.

Nowadays, a small Kurdish-populated village called Kilittaşı partially lies on the ruins of Bagaran, on the Turkish side of the closed border.