Orgov

Orgov is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the of . Orgov is home to the and remains of a Bronze Age fort.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Tegher Monastery and Herouni Mirror Radio Telescope.

Church
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is an early 13th-century Armenian monastery and church located on the southeastern slopes of near the modern village of , and across the gorge from the village of in the of .

Building
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The Orgov Radio-Optical Telescope, also known as ROT54 or the , is a radio telescope in Orgov, Armenia. It was built between 1975 and 1985 and was active between 1986 and 1990 before its use was halted.

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The Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory, or Byurakan Observatory is an astronomical owned and operated by the Armenian Academy of Sciences. It is located on the slope of in the village of in . is situated 2½ km southeast of Orgov.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Antarut and Tegher.

Village
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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 on the southern slope of . The town contains the built in 1213.

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is a city in located on the volcano Aragats. It is a good place to sleep to then climb Mount Aragats.

Orgov

Latitude
40.35058° or 40° 21′ 2″ north
Longitude
44.25438° or 44° 15′ 16″ east
Population
534
Elevation
1,617 metres (5,305 feet)
Open location code
8HG69723+6Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2001947938
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
616322
Wiki­data ID
Q2670393
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Orgov” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “اورغوف”
  • Armenian: “Orgov”
  • Armenian: “Օրգով”
  • Azerbaijani: “Orqov”
  • Bavarian: “Orgow”
  • Belarusian: “Аргоў”
  • Chechen: “Оргов”
  • Chinese: “Orgov”
  • Dutch: “Orgov”
  • French: “Orgov”
  • Georgian: “ორგოვი”
  • German: “Ôrgov”
  • German: “Orgow”
  • Italian: “Orgov”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Orgov”
  • Malay: “Orgov”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Orgov”
  • Persian: “اورگو”
  • Persian: “اورگوو”
  • Polish: “Orgow”
  • Romanian: “Orgov, Aragațotn”
  • Russian: “Оргов”
  • Spanish: “Orgov”
  • Turkish: “Orgov”
  • Turkish: “Orkov”
  • Ukrainian: “Оргов”
  • Ukrainian: “Орґов”
  • Uzbek: “Orgov”
  • Vietnamese: “Orgov”

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