Orgov
Orgov is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Orgov is home to the Orgov Radio-Optical Telescope and remains of a Bronze Age fort.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Tegher Monastery and Byurakan astrophysic observatory.
Tegher Monastery
Church
Tegher Monastery is an early 13th-century Armenian monastery and church located on the southeastern slopes of Mount Aragats near the modern village of Tegher, and across the gorge from the village of Byurakan in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.
Byurakan astrophysic observatory
The Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory, or Byurakan Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Armenian Academy of Sciences. It is located on the slope of Mount Aragats in the village of Byurakan in Armenia. Byurakan astrophysic observatory is situated 2½ km southeast of Orgov.
Artavazik Church
Church
Photo: Melqon93, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Artavazik Church of the 7th century is located in a stone field one kilometer northeast just a little outside the village of Byurakan in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Artavazik Church is situated 3 km southeast of Orgov.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Antarut and Tegher.
Antarut
Village
Photo: Hambi88, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Antarut is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.
Tegher
Village
Photo: nina stoessinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tegher is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia on the southern slope of Mount Aragats. The town contains the Monastery of Tegher built in 1213.
Byurakan
Photo: Serouj, Public domain.
Byurakan is a city in Armenia located on the volcano Aragats. It is a good place to sleep to then climb Mount Aragats.
Orgov
- Type: Village with 534 residents
- Description: village in Aragatsotn Province of Armenia
- Categories: village in Armenia and locality
- Location: Ashtarak Municipality, Aragatsotn Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
40.35058° or 40° 21′ 2″ northLongitude
44.25438° or 44° 15′ 16″ eastPopulation
534Elevation
1,617 metres (5,305 feet)Open location code
8HG69723+6QOpenStreetMap ID
node 2001947938OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
616322Wikidata ID
Q2670393
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Satellite Map
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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”
- Russian: “Оргов”
- Spanish: “Orgov”
- Turkish: “Orgov”
- Turkish: “Orkov”
- Ukrainian: “Оргов”
- Ukrainian: “Орґов”
- Uzbek: “Orgov”
- Vietnamese: “Orgov”
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