Lejan
Lejan is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia. Lejan has about 678 residents and an elevation of 1,471 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Serouj, Public domain.
- Type: Village with 678 residents
- Description: village in Lori, Armenia
- Also known as: “Ledzhan” and “Leyjan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lori fortress and Saint Nikolay Russian Church, Amrakits.
Lori fortress
Castle
Photo: Камалян001, CC0.
Lori Fortress is an 11th-century Armenian fortress located near the Lori Berd village in Lori Province, Armenia. The fortress was built by David Anhoghin to become the capital of Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget in 1065. Lori fortress is situated 3 km south of Lejan.
Saint Nikolay Russian Church, Amrakits
Church
Saint Nikolay Russian Church, Amrakits is situated 3½ km south of Lejan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Agarak and Lori Berd.
Agarak
Village
Photo: Serouj, Public domain.
Agarak is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia. Agarak is situated 3 km southeast of Lejan.
Lori Berd
Village
Photo: Taron Saharyan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lori Berd is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia, just east of Stepanavan. The medieval fortress "Lori Berd" is located near the village, situated on a peninsula along the deep gorge cut by the Dzoraget and Tashir rivers. Lori Berd is situated 3 km southwest of Lejan.
Bovadzor
Village
Photo: Nare Atoyan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bovadzor is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia. Bovadzor is situated 3½ km west of Lejan.
Lejan
- Categories: village in Armenia and locality
- Location: Lori Berd Municipality, Lori, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
41.02812° or 41° 1′ 41″ northLongitude
44.4448° or 44° 26′ 41″ eastPopulation
678Elevation
1,471 metres (4,826 feet)Open location code
8HH62CHV+6WOpenStreetMap ID
way 257415704OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
616487Wikidata ID
Q3229239
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Lejan” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Լեյջան”
- Armenian: “Լեջան”
- Azerbaijani: “Lecan”
- Chechen: “Леджан”
- Chinese: “Lejan”
- Dutch: “Lejan”
- French: “Lejan”
- Georgian: “ლეჯანი”
- Italian: “Ledjan”
- Malay: “Lejan”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lejan”
- Persian: “لجان”
- Polish: “Ledżan”
- Russian: “Леджан”
- Russian: “Лейджан”
- Spanish: “Lejan”
- Turkish: “Lecan”
- Turkish: “Lejan”
- Uzbek: “Lejan”
- Vietnamese: “Lejan”
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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 “Lejan”. Photo: Serouj, Public domain.