Shamb
Shamb is a village in the Sisian Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia. Shamb has about 395 residents and an elevation of 1,367 metres.Places of Interest
Highlights include Vorotnaberd and Meliq Tangi bridge.
Vorotnaberd
Ruins
Photo: Soghomon Matevosyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vorotnaberd is an important fortress along a ridge overlooking the Vorotan gorge, between the villages of Vaghatin and Vorotan in the Syunik Province of Armenia. Vorotnaberd is 1,365 metres above sea level.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ltsen and Vorotnavan.
Vorotnavan
Village
Photo: Einsamer Schütze, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vorotnavan is a village in the Sisian Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia. The Vorotnaberd fortress is located near the village. Vorotnavan is situated 2½ km north of Shamb.
Darbas
Village
Photo: Avandakan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Darbas is a village in the Sisian Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia. Saint Stephen's Church of Darbas was opened in 2010. The school and health clinic in Darbas are the largest and most resourced in the Darbas valley. Darbas is situated 4 km southwest of Shamb.
Shamb
- Type: Village with 395 residents
- Description: village in Syunik Province of Armenia
- Categories: village in Armenia, residential area, and locality
- Location: Sisian Municipality, Syunik Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
39.46701° or 39° 28′ 1″ northLongitude
46.15034° or 46° 9′ 1″ eastPopulation
395Elevation
1,367 metres (4,485 feet)Open location code
8HF8F582+R4OpenStreetMap ID
way 427968085OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Uzbek—“Shamb” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Shamb”
- Armenian: “Շամբ”
- Azerbaijani: “Şamb”
- Cebuano: “Shamb”
- Dutch: “Shamb”
- Georgian: “შამბი”
- Persian: “شامب، سیونیک”
- Persian: “شامب”
- Polish: “Szamb”
- Russian: “Шамб”
- Spanish: “Shamb”
- Swedish: “Sjamb”
- Turkish: “Şamlık”
- Turkish: “Shamb”
- Uzbek: “Shamb”
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