Tegher
Tegher is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia on the southern slope of Mount Aragats. The town contains the Monastery of Tegher built in 1213.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: nina stoessinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 189 residents
- Description: village in Aragatsotn Province of Armenia
- Also known as: “Dgyr”, “Tegher, Armenia”, and “Tekher”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tegher Monastery and Byurakan astrophysic observatory.
Tegher Monastery
Church
Tegher Monastery is an early 13th-century Armenian monastery and church located on the southeastern slopes of Mount Aragats near the modern village of Tegher, and across the gorge from the village of Byurakan in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.
Byurakan astrophysic observatory
The Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory, or Byurakan Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Armenian Academy of Sciences. It is located on the slope of Mount Aragats in the village of Byurakan in Armenia. Byurakan astrophysic observatory is situated 3 km southeast of Tegher.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Orgov and Antarut.
Orgov
Village
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Orgov is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Orgov is home to the Orgov Radio-Optical Telescope and remains of a Bronze Age fort.
Antarut
Village
Photo: Hambi88, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Antarut is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.
Byurakan
Photo: Serouj, Public domain.
Byurakan is a city in Armenia located on the volcano Aragats. It is a good place to sleep to then climb Mount Aragats.
Tegher
- Categories: village in Armenia and locality
- Location: Ashtarak Municipality, Aragatsotn Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.34476° or 40° 20′ 41″ northLongitude
44.23692° or 44° 14′ 13″ eastPopulation
189Elevation
1,639 metres (5,377 feet)Open location code
8HG686VP+WQOpenStreetMap ID
node 3650672509OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
616171Wikidata ID
Q2535629
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Tegher” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تيغير”
- Armenian: “Tegher”
- Armenian: “Texer”
- Armenian: “Դգիր”
- Armenian: “Դըղըր”
- Armenian: “Դըղր”
- Armenian: “Դըղրի”
- Armenian: “Դիղիր”
- Armenian: “Դղեր”
- Armenian: “Դղըր”
- Armenian: “Դղըրի”
- Armenian: “Դղիր”
- Armenian: “Տեխեր”
- Armenian: “Տեղեր”
- Bavarian: “Tegher”
- Chechen: “Тегер”
- Chinese: “Tegher”
- Dutch: “Tegher”
- French: “Tegher”
- Georgian: “ტეღერი”
- German: “Teġer”
- German: “Tegher”
- Italian: “Tegher”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Tegher (Armeniya)”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Tegher”
- Malay: “Tegher, Armenia”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tegher”
- Persian: “تغر”
- Persian: “تقر”
- Polish: “Tegher”
- Russian: “Тегер”
- Spanish: “Tegher”
- Turkish: “Teğer”
- Turkish: “Tegher”
- Ukrainian: “Тегер”
- Uzbek: “Tegher, Armaniston”
- Uzbek: “Tegher”
- Vietnamese: “Tegher, Aragatsotn”
- Vietnamese: “Tegher”
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