Oshakan

Oshakan is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the of located 3 kilometers southwest from . It is well known to historians and pilgrims of the Armenian Apostolic Church as the site of the grave of Mesrop Mashtots, the inventor of the Armenian alphabet.
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  • Type: Village with 5,240 residents
  • Description: village in Aragatsotn Province of Armenia
  • Also known as: “Oșagan”, “Ошаган”, “Հուշական”, “Ուշագան”, “Ուշական”, “Օշագան”, and “Օշական, Արագածոտնի մարզ”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Saint Mesrop Mashtots church and Oshakan bridge.

Church
is an Armenian Apostolic…

Bridge
Photo: Valen1988, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Voskevaz and Sasunik.

Village
Photo: Liveon001, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the of .

Village
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is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the of . is situated 3 km southeast of Oshakan.

Village
is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the of . is situated 3½ km east of Oshakan.

Oshakan

Latitude
40.26389° or 40° 15′ 50″ north
Longitude
44.31663° or 44° 18′ 60″ east
Population
5,240
Elevation
1,051 metres (3,448 feet)
Open location code
8HG67878+HM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 937281220
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
616320
Wiki­data ID
Q1777770
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Armenian—“Oshakan” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Osjakan”
  • Arabic: “أوشاكان”
  • Armenian: “Oshakan”
  • Armenian: “Օշական”
  • Azerbaijani: “Oşakan”
  • Belarusian: “Ашакан”
  • Catalan: “Oixakan”
  • Catalan: “Osakan”
  • Cebuano: “Oshakan”
  • Chechen: “Ошакан”
  • Czech: “Óšakan”
  • Dutch: “Oshakan”
  • Esperanto: “Oŝakan”
  • French: “Ochakan”
  • Georgian: “ოშაკანი”
  • German: “Oschakan”
  • Hungarian: “Oshakan”
  • Indonesian: “Oshakan”
  • Italian: “Oshakan”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Oshakan”
  • Korean: “오샤칸”
  • Malay: “Oshakan”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ochakan”
  • Persian: “اوشاکان”
  • Polish: “Oszakan”
  • Portuguese: “Oxacã”
  • Romanian: “Oșakan, Aragațotn”
  • Romanian: “Oșakan”
  • Russian: “Ошакан”
  • Spanish: “Oshakan”
  • Swedish: “Osjakan”
  • Turkish: “Oşakan”
  • Ukrainian: “Ошакан”
  • Urdu: “اوشاکان”
  • Uzbek: “Oshakan”
  • Vietnamese: “Oshakan”
  • Western Armenian: “Օշական Գիւղ”
  • Western Armenian: “Օշական”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Oshakan and IPR ИФИ Городок.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Թուխ Մանուկ եկեղեցի and Saint Grigor Shrine.

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