Balahovit
Balahovit is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. The majority of the early settlers of the village immigrated in 1828-29 from Khoy and Salmast in present-day Iran, while some of the immigrants came from Bulankh.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 3,880 residents
- Description: village in Kotayk Province of Armenia
- Also known as: “Balaovit”, “Mehub”, “Mekhub”, and “Mgub”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ptghnavank and Dzagavank.
Ptghnavank
Church
Photo: Liveon001, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ptghnavank or Ptghni church is located in the village of Ptghni in the Kotayk Province of Armenia.
Levon’s Divine Underground
Photo: Алексей Веллог, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Levon’s Divine Underground is situated 4 km southwest of Balahovit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Getargel and Ptghni.
Getargel
Village
Photo: Armen Manukov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Getargel, formerly known as Radiokayanin kits, or SMO, is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. The Dzagavank Monastery, also known as the Surp Nshan Monastery of Getargel, is located on the village's southern outskirts.
Ptghni
Village
Photo: Preacher lad, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ptghni, is a village located in the Kotayk Province of Armenia along the left bank of the Hrazdan River. Ptghni's mayor Arakel Virabyan was the only mayor of the village for more than 30 years.
Balahovit
- Categories: village in Armenia, residential area, and locality
- Location: Abovyan Municipality, Kotayk Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.25282° or 40° 15′ 10″ northLongitude
44.60396° or 44° 36′ 14″ eastPopulation
3,880Elevation
1,409 metres (4,623 feet)Open location code
8HG67J33+4HOpenStreetMap ID
way 561008431OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
Discover Balahovit from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Balahovit” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بالاهوفيت”
- Armenian: “Balahovit”
- Armenian: “Բալահովիտ”
- Azerbaijani: “Məəgüb”
- Belarusian: “Балаавіт”
- Cebuano: “Balahovit”
- Chechen: “Балаовит”
- Chinese: “Balahovit”
- Dutch: “Balahovit”
- French: “Balahovit”
- Georgian: “ბალაჰოვიტი”
- Italian: “Balahovit”
- Malay: “Balahovit”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Balahovit”
- Persian: “بالاهوویت”
- Polish: “Balahowit”
- Russian: “Балаовит”
- Russian: “Балаховит”
- Scots: “Balahovit”
- Slovenian: “Balahovit”
- Spanish: “Balahovit”
- Swedish: “Balahovit”
- Turkish: “Balahovit”
- Turkish: “Məəgüb”
- Ukrainian: “Балаовіт”
- Uzbek: “Balahovit”
- Vietnamese: “Balahovit”
Localities in the Area
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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 “Balahovit”. Photo: ASHOT2013, CC BY-SA 3.0.