Tufashen
Tufashen is a village in the Artik Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. Tufashen has about 411 residents and an elevation of 1,697 metres.- Type: Village with 411 residents
- Description: village in Shirak Province of Armenia
- Historically known as: “Armtli” and “Armutlu”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Gregory and Pemzashen Church.
St Gregory
Church
The Saint Stephen Church of Lmbat Monastery, more commonly known as Lmbatavank, is a church located on a hillside southwest of the town of Artik in the Shirak Province of Armenia. It was constructed in the 7th century and was dedicated to Saint Stephen. St Gregory is situated 3½ km east of Tufashen.
Pemzashen Church
Church
Pemzashen Church of the 7th century is located within the village of Pemzashen in the Shirak Province of Armenia just off the main road through town. It sits adjacent to the foundations of a 5th-century basilica. Pemzashen Church is situated 3 km southeast of Tufashen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Haykasar and Hayrenyats.
Hayrenyats
Village
Hayrenyats is a village in the Artik Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. The climate is cold and temperate: with an average annual temperature of 6.3 degrees Celsius and an average annual rainfall of 472mm. Hayrenyats is situated 4½ km northwest of Tufashen.
Maralik
Town
Maralik is a city in the Ani Municipality of the Shirak Province at the northwest of Armenia. As of the 2011 census, the population of the town is 5,398, down from 5,782 reported in the 2001 census. Maralik is situated 4½ km southwest of Tufashen.
Tufashen
- Categories: village in Armenia, residential area, and locality
- Location: Artik Municipality, Shirak Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
40.6038° or 40° 36′ 14″ north
Longitude
43.91453° or 43° 54′ 52″ east
Population
411
Elevation
1,697 metres (5,568 feet)
Open location code
8HG5JW37+GR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residential
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Tufashen” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Արմըդլու” (historical)
- Armenian: “Արմըտլու” (historical)
- Armenian: “Արմթլի” (historical)
- Armenian: “Արմթլու” (historical)
- Armenian: “Արմուդլու” (historical)
- Armenian: “Արմութլի” (historical)
- Armenian: “Արմութլու” (historical)
- Armenian: “Արմուտլի” (historical)
- Armenian: “Արմուտլու” (historical)
- Armenian: “Արմտլի” (historical)
- Armenian: “Արմտլու” (historical)
- Armenian: “Տուֆաշեն”
- Azerbaijani: “Armudlu (Şörəyel)”
- Azerbaijani: “Armudlu”
- Bulgarian: “Туфашен”
- Chechen: “Туфашен”
- Chinese: “Tufashen”
- Dutch: “Tufashen”
- French: “Tufashen”
- Georgian: “ტუფაშენი”
- Greek: “Τουφασέν”
- Italian: “Towfašen”
- Italian: “Tufashen”
- Malay: “Tufashen”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tufashen”
- Persian: “توفاشن”
- Persian: “توفشن”
- Polish: “Tufaszen”
- Romanian: “Tufașen, Șirak”
- Russian: “Армутли” (historical)
- Russian: “Туфашен”
- Scots: “Tufashen”
- Spanish: “Tufashen”
- Turkish: “Armutlu (II)”
- Turkish: “Tufashen”
- Uzbek: “Tufashen”
- Vietnamese: “Tufashen”
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