Vahan
Vahan is a village in the Chambarak Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. Nearby upon a hill towards the eastern end of the village is an early Iron Age cyclopean fort.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 981 residents
- Description: village in Gegharkunik Province of Armenia
- Also known as: “Ordzhonikidze” and “Vahan, Armenia”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chambarak and Artanish.
Chambarak
Town
Photo: Armtoursites, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chambarak is a town and capital of the Chambarak Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The current Chambarak town was formed by amalgamation of three settlements: Krasnoselsk, Lower Chambarak and Upper Chambarak. Chambarak is situated 4½ km northwest of Vahan.
Artanish
Village
Photo: Armineaghayan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Artanish is a village in the Shoghakat Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. On a hill just to the west are the ruins of cyclopean fortresses, and nearby is a church and a cemetery. Artanish is situated 9 km south of Vahan.
Vahan
- Categories: village in Armenia, residential area, and locality
- Location: Chambarak Municipality, Lake Sevan Region, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
40.57513° or 40° 34′ 30″ northLongitude
45.39739° or 45° 23′ 51″ eastPopulation
981Elevation
1,925 metres (6,316 feet)Open location code
8HG7H9GW+3XOpenStreetMap ID
way 498080297OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Vahan” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ռուբենակերտ”
- Armenian: “Վահան, Գեղարքունիքի մարզ”
- Armenian: “Վահան”
- Armenian: “Օրջոնիկիձե”
- Azerbaijani: “Orconikidze”
- Belarusian: “Ваган”
- Belarusian: “Сяло Ваган”
- Cebuano: “Vahan”
- Chechen: “Ваган”
- Chinese: “Vahan”
- Dutch: “Vahan”
- French: “Vahan”
- Georgian: “ვაჰანი (სომხეთი)”
- Georgian: “ვაჰანი”
- Italian: “Vahan”
- Malay: “Vahan, Armenia”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Vahan”
- Persian: “واهان، ارمنستان”
- Polish: “Wahan”
- Russian: “Ваган”
- Russian: “Орджоникидзе”
- Scots: “Vahan, Armenie”
- Scots: “Vahan”
- South Azerbaijani: “واهان، روسیه”
- Spanish: “Vahan”
- Swedish: “Ordzjonikidze”
- Swedish: “Rubenakert”
- Swedish: “Vahan”
- Turkish: “Vahan”
- Ukrainian: “Ваган”
- Uzbek: “Vahan, Armaniston”
- Uzbek: “Vahan”
- Vietnamese: “Vahan, Armenia”
- Vietnamese: “Vahan”
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