Shirakavan
Shirakavan is a village in the Ani Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia, near the border of Turkey.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Soghomon Matevosyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 796 residents
- Description: village in Shirak Province of Armenia
- Also known as: “Shirakavan, Armenia”
- Historically known as: “Davshanghshlagh”, “Tavshankishlag”, and “Tovshan-kishlyag”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lusaghbyur and Gusanagyugh.
Lusaghbyur
Village
Photo: Armenak Margarian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lusaghbyur is a village in the Ani Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia.
Gusanagyugh
Village
Photo: Valen1988, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gusanagyugh is a village in the Ani Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. In 1977, it was renamed after the bard "Gusan" Nakhshikar Sargis. Gusanagyugh is situated 4 km east of Shirakavan.
Isahakyan
Village
Photo: Armenak Margarian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Isahakyan is a village in the Ani Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. It was formerly named after Ghazar Agha who organized the defense of the town against the Persians in 1826–1828; later named after poet Avetik Isahakyan, who lived there. Isahakyan is situated 4 km south of Shirakavan.
Shirakavan
- Categories: village in Armenia and locality
- Location: Ani Municipality, Shirak Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
40.65285° or 40° 39′ 10″ northLongitude
43.744° or 43° 44′ 38″ eastPopulation
796Elevation
1,508 metres (4,948 feet)Open location code
8HG5MP3V+4JOpenStreetMap ID
node 2556654900OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
616223Wikidata ID
Q2223210
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Shirakavan” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Shirakavan”
- Armenian: “Դավշան” (historical)
- Armenian: “Դավշանլան” (historical)
- Armenian: “Դավշանղշլաղ” (historical)
- Armenian: “Դովշան” (historical)
- Armenian: “Դովշանղըշլաղ” (historical)
- Armenian: “Թավշան” (historical)
- Armenian: “Շիրակավան”
- Armenian: “Տավշան” (historical)
- Armenian: “Տավշանկշլաղ” (historical)
- Armenian: “Տովշան” (historical)
- Azerbaijani: “Dovşanqışlaq”
- Bulgarian: “Ширакаван”
- Chechen: “Ширакаван”
- Chinese: “Shirakavan”
- Chinese: “希拉卡万”
- Dutch: “Shirakavan”
- French: “Shirakavan”
- Georgian: “შირაკავანი”
- Greek: “Σιρακαβάν”
- Italian: “Shirakavan”
- Japanese: “シラカヴァン”
- Malay: “Shirakavan, Armenia”
- Malay: “Shirakavan”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Shirakavan”
- Persian: “شیراکاوان”
- Persian: “شیرکاوانا”
- Polish: “Szirakawan”
- Portuguese: “Xiracavã (Armênia)”
- Portuguese: “Xiracavã”
- Russian: “Товшан-кишляг” (historical)
- Russian: “Ширакаван”
- Scots: “Shirakavan, Armenie”
- Spanish: “Shirakaván”
- Turkish: “Dovşanqışlaq”
- Turkish: “Shirakavan”
- Uzbek: “Shirakavan, Armaniston”
- Uzbek: “Shirakavan”
- Vietnamese: “Shirakavan, Shirak”
- Vietnamese: “Shirakavan”
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