Marmashen
Marmashen is a village in the Akhuryan Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. Marmashen has about 1,770 residents and an elevation of 1,619 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,770 residents
- Description: village in Shirak Province of Armenia
- Historically known as: “Ghanlija”, “Kanlidzha”, “Maryam Nishin”, and “Verin Kanlidzha”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Marmashen Monastery.
Marmashen Monastery
Church
Marmashen Monastery is a 10th-century Armenian monastic complex consisting of five churches near the village of Marmashen in the Shirak Province of Armenia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vahramaberd and Voghji.
Vahramaberd
Village
Photo: Arman musikyan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vahramaberd is a village in the Akhuryan Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. Vahramaberd is situated 3 km northwest of Marmashen.
Voghji
Village
Photo: Armenak.margarayn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Voghji is a village in the Amasia Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. In 1988-1989, Azerbaijanis of the village moved to Azerbaijan, leading to Armenians from the Ninotsminda region of Georgia, the Spitak earthquake zone, and Azerbaijan to settle in the village. Voghji is situated 4 km southwest of Marmashen.
Hovuni
Village
Photo: Armenak Margarian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hovuni is a village in the Akhuryan Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. Hovuni is situated 4 km northeast of Marmashen.
Marmashen
- Categories: village in Armenia and locality
- Location: Akhuryan Municipality, Shirak Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
40.83697° or 40° 50′ 13″ northLongitude
43.77955° or 43° 46′ 46″ eastPopulation
1,770Elevation
1,619 metres (5,312 feet)Open location code
8HG5RQPH+QROpenStreetMap ID
node 925396516OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
616442Wikidata ID
Q1110040
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Marmashen” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Marmashen” (historical)
- Armenian: “Գալինջա” (historical)
- Armenian: “Գալիջա” (historical)
- Armenian: “Կալինջա” (historical)
- Armenian: “Ղանլաչա” (historical)
- Armenian: “Ղանլիջա” (historical)
- Armenian: “Մարմաշեն”
- Armenian: “Մարյամ Նիշին” (historical)
- Armenian: “Մեծ Ղալանջա” (historical)
- Armenian: “Մերեմ Նիշին” (historical)
- Armenian: “Վերին Կալանջա” (historical)
- Armenian: “Վերին Կանլիջա” (historical)
- Armenian: “Վերին Ղանլիջա” (historical)
- Azerbaijani: “Yuxarı Qanlıca”
- Bulgarian: “Мармрашен”
- Cebuano: “Marmashen”
- Chechen: “Мармрашен”
- Chinese: “Marmashen”
- Dutch: “Marmashen”
- French: “Marmashen”
- Georgian: “მარმაშენი”
- Greek: “Μαρμασέν”
- Italian: “Marmashen”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Marmashen”
- Malay: “Marmashen”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Marmashen”
- Persian: “مارماشن”
- Polish: “Marmaszen”
- Russian: “Ганлиджа” (historical)
- Russian: “Мармашен”
- Russian: “Марям Нишин” (historical)
- Russian: “Мец Галанджа” (historical)
- Scots: “Marmashen”
- Spanish: “Marmashen”
- Swedish: “Marmasjen”
- Swedish: “Verin Ghanlidzja”
- Turkish: “Marmashen”
- Turkish: “Yukarı Kanlıca”
- Uzbek: “Marmashen”
- Vietnamese: “Marmashen”
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