Hovtamej
Hovtamej is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The town's church dates from the 19th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,480 residents
- Description: village in Armavir Province of Armenia
- Also known as: “Mugan” and “Ovtamech”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Etchmiadzin Cathedral and Etchmiadzin.
Etchmiadzin Cathedral
Church
Photo: Heretiq, Public domain.
Etchmiadzin Cathedral is the mother church of the Armenian Apostolic Church, located in the city dually known as Etchmiadzin and Vagharshapat, Armenia. Etchmiadzin Cathedral is situated 3½ km southeast of Hovtamej.
Etchmiadzin
Monastery
Photo: Devejian, Public domain.
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, known in Armenian as simply the Mother See, is the governing body of the Armenian Apostolic Church. It is headquartered around Etchmiadzin Cathedral in Vagharshapat, Armenia and is the seat of the Catholicos of All Armenians, the head of the church. Etchmiadzin is situated 3½ km southeast of Hovtamej.
Manoukian Manuscript Library
Library
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vatche and Tamar Manoukian is a manuscript library located in Vagharshapat, Armenia. Manoukian Manuscript Library is situated 4 km southeast of Hovtamej.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tsiatsan and Tsaghkunk.
Tsaghkunk
Village
Photo: 05arman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tsaghkunk is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The town's church dates from the 19th century.
Geghakert
Village
Geghakert, is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The village has a 13th-century church known as Surb Harutyun, as well as a memorial fountain dedicated to those who died in World War II.
Hovtamej
- Categories: village in Armenia and locality
- Location: Khoy Municipality, Armavir Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.18318° or 40° 10′ 59″ northLongitude
44.25756° or 44° 15′ 27″ eastPopulation
1,480Elevation
880 metres (2,887 feet)Open location code
8HG657M5+72OpenStreetMap ID
node 1379096929OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
616396Wikidata ID
Q2222182
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Hovtamej” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Hovtamej”
- Armenian: “Հովտամեջ”
- Azerbaijani: “Muğan”
- Azerbaijani: “Muğancıq”
- Belarusian: “Аўтамеч”
- Belarusian: “Аўтамэч”
- Cebuano: “Hovtamej”
- Chechen: “Овтамеч”
- Chinese: “Hovtamej”
- Dutch: “Hovtamej”
- French: “Hovtamej”
- Georgian: “ოვტამეჯი”
- Georgian: “ჰოვტამეჯი”
- Greek: “Χοβταμέτζ”
- Italian: “Hovtamech”
- Italian: “Hovtamej”
- Malay: “Hovtamej”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Hovtamej”
- Persian: “هووتامج”
- Polish: “Howtamedż”
- Russian: “Овтамедж”
- Russian: “Овтамеч”
- Scots: “Hovtamej”
- Spanish: “Hovtamej”
- Swedish: “Hovtamej”
- Turkish: “Hovtamej”
- Turkish: “Muğan”
- Ukrainian: “Овтамеч”
- Uzbek: “Hovtamej”
- Vietnamese: “Hovtamech”
- Vietnamese: “Hovtamej”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hovtamej”. Photo: Alexander Naumov, CC BY 3.0.