Geghasar
Geghasar is a town in the Lori Province of Armenia. Geghasar has about 899 residents and an elevation of 1,653 metres.- Type: Village with 899 residents
- Description: village in Lori Province of Armenia
- Also known as: “Tapan”
- Historically known as: “Tapanli”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shirakamut and Sarahart.
Shirakamut
Village
Shirakamut or previously Nalband is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia. The town was the epicenter of 1988 Armenian earthquake.
Sarahart
Village
Sarahart is a town in the Lori Province of Armenia. Sarahart is situated 3½ km northeast of Geghasar.
Katnajur
Village
Katnajur is a town in the Lori Province of Armenia. Katnajur is situated 4½ km southwest of Geghasar.
Geghasar
- Categories: village in Armenia and locality
- Location: Spitak Municipality, Lori, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
40.84648° or 40° 50′ 47″ north
Longitude
44.18252° or 44° 10′ 57″ east
Population
899
Elevation
1,653 metres (5,423 feet)
Open location code
8HG6R5WM+H2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Armenian—“Geghasar” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Գեղասար”
- Armenian: “Թափանլի” (historical)
- Armenian: “Թափանլու” (historical)
- Azerbaijani: “Tapanlı”
- Chechen: “Гегасар”
- Chechen: “Гехасар”
- Chinese: “Geghasar”
- Dutch: “Geghasar”
- French: “Geghasar”
- Georgian: “გეღასარი”
- Italian: “Geġasar”
- Italian: “Geghasar”
- Malay: “Geghasar”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Geghasar”
- Persian: “گغاسار، لوری”
- Persian: “گغاسار”
- Polish: “Geghasar”
- Romanian: “Gehasar, Lori”
- Russian: “Гегасар”
- Russian: “Гехасар”
- Russian: “Тапанли” (historical)
- Spanish: “Geghasar”
- Turkish: “Geghasar”
- Turkish: “Tapanlı”
- Uzbek: “Geghasar”
- Vietnamese: “Geghasar”
- Western Armenian: “Գեղասար”
- Western Armenian: “Թափանլու” (historical)
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