Mkhch’yan

Mkhchyan is a village in the Artashat Municipality of the of near the Armenia–Turkey border. The town is named after Liparit Mkchyan, a Soviet commander killed in 1921.
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  • Type: Village with 4,960 residents
  • Description: village in Ararat Province of Armenia
  • Also known as: “Imanshalu”, “Mkchyan”, “Mkhchian”, “Mkhchyan”, and “Mxč̕yan”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Georgi Dimitrov and Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church.

Memorial
Photo: Armineaghayan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a memorial.

Church
Photo: Armineaghayan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 2½ km east of Mkhch’yan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mrgavet and Dimitrov.

Village
is a village in the Artashat Municipality of the of .

Village
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, or Ghuylasar Nerkin until 1949, is a village…

Village
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is a village in the Masis Municipality of the of .

Mkhch’yan

Latitude
40.0208° or 40° 1′ 15″ north
Longitude
44.48874° or 44° 29′ 19″ east
Population
4,960
Elevation
850 metres (2,789 feet)
Open location code
8HG62FCQ+8F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 966271218
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
616404
Wiki­data ID
Q2667143
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Mkhch’yan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مخدتشيان”
  • Armenian: “Mkhch’yan”
  • Armenian: “Մխչյան”
  • Azerbaijani: “İmanşahlı”
  • Azerbaijani: “İmanşalı”
  • Bavarian: “Mchtschjan”
  • Catalan: “Mekhtxian”
  • Chechen: “Мхчян”
  • Chinese: “姆斯言”
  • Dutch: “Mkhchyan”
  • French: “Mkhchyan”
  • Georgian: “მხჩიანი”
  • German: “Mchtschjan”
  • Italian: “Mkhčyan”
  • Kalaallisut: “Mkhchyan”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Mkhchyan”
  • Malay: “Mkhchyan”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Mkhchyan”
  • Persian: “مخچیان”
  • Polish: “Mchyczjan”
  • Polish: “Mkhchyan”
  • Romanian: “Mhciian, Ararat”
  • Russian: “Мхчян”
  • Spanish: “Mkhchyan”
  • Turkish: “İmanşahlı”
  • Ukrainian: “Мхчян”
  • Uzbek: “Mkhchyan”
  • Vietnamese: “Mkhchyan”
  • Western Armenian: “Իմամշահլու” (historical)
  • Western Armenian: “Մխչեան”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Mkhchyan and Mrgavet.

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