Norakert
Norakert is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. Norakert has about 3,260 residents and an elevation of 942 metres.Photo: Valen1988, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Zvartnots Cathedral and Monument to the heroic Battle of Musa Dagh.
Zvartnots Cathedral
Archaeological site
Photo: DAVID HOLT, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Zvartnots Cathedral is a medieval Armenian cathedral near Vagharshapat, Armenia. Built in the seventh century and now lying in ruins, Zvartnots was noted for its circular exterior structure, unique in medieval Armenian architecture, and a set of interior piers that upheld a multifloor structure crowned with a dome. Zvartnots Cathedral is situated 3½ km south of Norakert.
Monument to the heroic Battle of Musa Dagh
Museum
Musaler, previously known as Ginevet, is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The village was renamed in 1972 after Musa Ler, the site of Armenian resistance in 1915. Monument to the heroic Battle of Musa Dagh is situated 3½ km southeast of Norakert.
Zvartnots Cathedral
Museum
Photo: Արարատ Թրվանց, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zvartnots Cathedral is a museum, which is situated 4 km south of Norakert.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baghramyan and Aygek.
Baghramyan
Village
Baghramyan is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It is named after the Soviet Armenian military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Bagramyan.
Aygek
Village
Aygek is a village and a rural community in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It is located 8 km west of the capital Yerevan and 36 km east of the provincial centre Armavir. Aygek is situated 3 km east of Norakert.
Zvartnots
Neighborhood
Zvartnots is a town in the Armenian province of Armavir, about 10 km west from Yerevan, approximately halfway to Ejmiatsin. Zvartnots International Airport, Yerevan's international airport, is located near the town of Zvartnots, as is the Zvartnots Cathedral. Zvartnots is situated 3 km southwest of Norakert.
Norakert
- Type: Village with 3,260 residents
- Description: village in Armavir Province of Armenia
- Categories: village in Armenia and locality
- Location: Parakar Municipality, Armavir Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
40.19246° or 40° 11′ 33″ northLongitude
44.34776° or 44° 20′ 52″ eastPopulation
3,260Elevation
942 metres (3,091 feet)Open location code
8HG658RX+X4OpenStreetMap ID
node 1380065842OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
616359Wikidata ID
Q2222682
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Norakert” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Norakert”
- Armenian: “Նորակերտ”
- Bulgarian: “Норакерт (област Армавир)”
- Bulgarian: “Норакерт”
- Cebuano: “Norakert”
- Chechen: “Норакерт”
- Chinese: “Norakert”
- Dutch: “Norakert”
- French: “Norakert”
- Georgian: “ნორაკერტი”
- Greek: “Νορακέρτ”
- Italian: “Norakert”
- Malay: “Norakert”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Norakert”
- Persian: “نوراکارت”
- Polish: “Norakert”
- Russian: “Норакерт”
- Scots: “Norakert”
- South Azerbaijani: “نورئیکرت”
- Spanish: “Norakert”
- Swedish: “Norakert”
- Tumbuka: “Norakert”
- Turkish: “Norakert”
- Ukrainian: “Норакерт”
- Uzbek: “Norakert”
- Vietnamese: “Norakert”
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