Armenia
Kotayk Province
Garni Municipality

Goght

Goght is a village in the of , located on the right bank of the upper-Azat River. It is known from 13th-century manuscripts as Goghot.
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  • Type: Village with 2,140 residents
  • Description: village in Kotayk Province of Armenia
  • Also known as: “Gokht”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Geghard and Havuts Tar.

Monastery
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is a medieval monastery in the province of , being partially carved out of the adjacent mountain, surrounded by cliffs. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site with enhanced protection status. is situated 3 km east of Goght.

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is an 11th to 13th century walled monastery, situated upon a promontory along the Azat River Valley across from the villages of Goght and in the of .

Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Geghard and Garni.

Village
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is a village in the of . The UNESCO World Heritage Site of monastery is located southeast of village, near Goght.

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is a village in the Kotayk Province of . Most visitors come on day trips from Yerevan to see Temple and Geghard Monastery, but the area deserves a longer stay.

Hamlet
Geghmahovit or is an abandoned town in the Ararat Province of . Traces of an early medieval armenian settlement have been preserved in the Khosrov reserve, at the confluence of the Aghjo and Glan tributaries of the Azat River. is situated 5 km south of Goght.

Goght

Latitude
40.13876° or 40° 8′ 20″ north
Longitude
44.78274° or 44° 46′ 58″ east
Population
2,140
Elevation
1,578 metres (5,177 feet)
Open location code
8HG64QQM+G3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 629386514
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
616657
Wiki­data ID
Q1519141
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Frisian—“Goght” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Goght’”
  • Armenian: “Goxt”
  • Armenian: “Գողթ”
  • Cebuano: “Goght‘”
  • Cebuano: “Goght’”
  • Chechen: “Гохт”
  • Chinese: “Goght”
  • Dutch: “Goght”
  • French: “Goght”
  • Georgian: “გოღთი”
  • Italian: “Goght”
  • Malay: “Goght”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Goght”
  • Persian: “گوغت”
  • Polish: “Gocht”
  • Russian: “Гохт”
  • Scots: “Goght”
  • Spanish: “Goght”
  • Swedish: “Goght‘”
  • Swedish: “Goght’”
  • Turkish: “Goght”
  • Ukrainian: “Гогт”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґохт”
  • Uzbek: “Goght”
  • Vietnamese: “Goght”
  • Western Armenian: “Գողթ”
  • Western Frisian: “Goght”

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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 “Goght”. Photo: Liveon001, CC BY-SA 3.0.