Shengavit District
Shengavit, is one of the 12 districts of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, located at the low southwestern part of the city. It has common borders with the Yerevan districts of Malatia-Sebastia, Kentron, Erebuni and Nubarashen. Ararat Province forms the southern borders of the district.- Type: Suburb with 139,000 residents
- Description: place in Yerevan, Armenia
- Also known as: “Shengavit”, “Shingaīt”, “Shinkovit”, “Verkhniy Shengavit”, and “Verkhniy Shinkovit”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Garegin Nzhdeh Square and Suren Spandaryan.
Garegin Nzhdeh Square
Metro station
Garegin Nzhdeh Square is a Yerevan Metro station, opened on December 31, 1986. It is located in the Shengavit District and has exits to Garegin Nzhdeh Square, Garegin Nzhdeh Street, and Bagratunyats Avenue.
Alashkert Stadium
Stadium
Nairi Stadium is a football stadium in Yerevan, Armenia. It was known as Alashkert Stadium between 2013 and 2024, being home to the local football club FC Alashkert.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Verin Shengavit and Nerkin Shengavit.
Shengavit District
- Categories: District of Yerevan and locality
- Location: Yerevan, Central Armenia, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.15121° or 40° 9′ 4″ north
Longitude
44.48323° or 44° 28′ 60″ east
Population
139,000
Elevation
925 metres (3,035 feet)
Open location code
8HG65F2M+F7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Shengavit District” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شنغافيت”
- Armenian: “Verin Shengavit’”
- Armenian: “Շենգավիթ վարչական շրջան”
- Armenian: “Շենգավիթ”
- Catalan: “Districte de Shengavit”
- Central Kurdish: “ناوچەی شێنگاویت”
- Chinese: “Chengavit”
- Chinese: “申加維特區”
- Chinese: “申加维特区”
- Dutch: “Shengavit”
- Dutch: “Sjengavit”
- Esperanto: “Ŝengavito”
- French: “Chengavit”
- French: “Shengavit”
- Georgian: “შენგავითის რაიონი”
- German: “Schengawit”
- Greek: “Σενγκαβίτ”
- Italian: “Shengavit”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Chengavit”
- Persian: “ناحیه شنگاویت”
- Polish: “Szengawit”
- Russian: “Верхниы шинковит”
- Russian: “Шенгавит”
- Swedish: “Sjengavit”
- Telugu: “షెంగావిత్ జిల్లా”
- Turkish: “Şengavit”
- Ukrainian: “Шенгавіт”
- Western Armenian: “Շէնգաւիթ վարչական շրջան”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as 3th residential area and 1st residential area.
Notable Places Nearby
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