Alashkert
Alashkert is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. Alashkert has about 2,050 residents and an elevation of 857 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 2,050 residents
- Description: village in Armavir Province of Armenia
- Also known as: “Alashkert, Armenia” and “Sovetakan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Argištiḫinili.
Argištiḫinili
Photo: EvgenyGenkin, CC BY 2.5.
Argištiḫinili was a town in the ancient kingdom of Urartu, established during the expansion of the Urartians in the Transcaucasus under their king Argishti I, and named in his honour. Argištiḫinili is situated 3 km southwest of Alashkert.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Haykavan and Mrgashat.
Haykavan
Village
Photo: Armineaghayan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Haykavan is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia.
Mrgashat
Village
Mrgashat, is a major village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. A Bronze Age archaeological site is found near the village.
Armavir
Village
Photo: Armineaghayan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Armavir is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia near the Armenia–Turkey border. Cuneiform inscriptions of Urartian King Sarduri II were found at Armavir. Armavir is situated 2½ km south of Alashkert.
Alashkert
- Categories: residential area and locality
- Location: Metsamor Municipality, Armavir Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
40.1068° or 40° 6′ 25″ northLongitude
44.05026° or 44° 3′ 1″ eastPopulation
2,050Elevation
857 metres (2,812 feet)Open location code
8HG64342+P4OpenStreetMap ID
way 893301215OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Alashkert” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Alashkert”
- Armenian: “Ալաշկերտ”
- Azerbaijani: “Kərimarx”
- Belarusian: “Алашкерт”
- Cebuano: “Sovetakan”
- Chechen: “Алашкерт”
- Chinese: “Alashkert”
- Dutch: “Sovetakan”
- French: “Alashkert”
- Georgian: “ალაშკერტი (სომხეთი)”
- Georgian: “ალაშკერტი”
- Greek: “Αλασκέρτ”
- Italian: “Alashkert”
- Italian: “Karim-Arkh”
- Italian: “Kyarimarkh”
- Italian: “Sovetakan”
- Malay: “Sovetakan”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Alashkert”
- Persian: “آلاشکرت، ارمنستان”
- Persian: “الاشکرت، ارمنستان”
- Polish: “Alaszkert”
- Russian: “Алашкерт”
- Russian: “Советакан”
- Scots: “Sovetakan”
- Spanish: “Alashkert”
- Swedish: “Sovetakan”
- Turkish: “Alaşkert (Ermenistan)”
- Ukrainian: “Алашкерт”
- Uzbek: “Alashkert, Armaniston”
- Uzbek: “Alashkert”
- Vietnamese: “Alashkert, Armavir”
- Vietnamese: “Alashkert”
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