Azatan
Azatan is a village in the Akhuryan Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its population was 4,838 at the 2011 census that was down from 5,697 at the 2010 estimate.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 5,840 residents
- Description: village in Shirak, Armenia
- Historically known as: “Galdema”, “Gandma”, “Karakhs”, “Karakilisa”, “Khli-Gharakilisa”, “Nerkin Khli-Gharakilisa”, and “Pokr Karakilisa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Beniamin Church.
Beniamin Church
Church
Photo: Լուպե, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Beniamin Church is situated 3½ km southeast of Azatan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gharibjanyan and Getk.
Gharibjanyan
Village
Photo: ZaruhiH, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gharibjanyan, known as Aleksandrovka until 1935, is a village in the Akhuryan Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. The village was renamed in 1935 in honor of Bolshevik leader Bagrat Gharibjanyan, killed in 1920. Gharibjanyan is situated 3½ km northwest of Azatan.
Getk
Village
Photo: Armenak Margarian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Getk is a village in the Akhuryan Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its population was 601 in 2010, up from 574 at the 2001 census. Getk is situated 3½ km west of Azatan.
Beniamin
Village
Photo: Լուպե, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Beniamin is a village in the Akhuryan Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. The town was renamed in 1945 in honor of Beniamin Galstian, a World War II general and native of the town. Beniamin is situated 3½ km southeast of Azatan.
Azatan
- Categories: village in Armenia and locality
- Location: Akhuryan Municipality, Shirak Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
40.71839° or 40° 43′ 6″ northLongitude
43.82711° or 43° 49′ 38″ eastPopulation
5,840Elevation
1,498 metres (4,915 feet)Open location code
8HG5PR9G+9ROpenStreetMap ID
node 1449882183OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
616835Wikidata ID
Q2657939
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Azatan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أزاتان”
- Armenian: “Azatan” (historical)
- Armenian: “Ազատան, Շիրակի մարզ”
- Armenian: “Ազատան”
- Armenian: “Գալդեմա”
- Armenian: “Գանդմա” (historical)
- Armenian: “Խըլի Ղարաքիլիսա” (historical)
- Armenian: “Խըլղարաքիլիսա” (historical)
- Armenian: “Խլի Ղարաքիլիսա Ներքին”
- Armenian: “Խլի Ղարաքիլիսա”
- Armenian: “Խլի-Ղարաքիլիսա” (historical)
- Armenian: “Ղարաքիլիսա” (historical)
- Armenian: “Փոքր Խլի Ղարաքիլիսա” (historical)
- Armenian: “Փոքր Ղարաքիլիսա”
- Azerbaijani: “Kiçik Qarakilsə”
- Bulgarian: “Азатан”
- Cebuano: “Azatan”
- Chechen: “Азатан”
- Chinese: “Azatan”
- Dutch: “Azatan”
- Esperanto: “Azatan”
- French: “Azatan”
- Georgian: “აზატანი”
- Greek: “Αζατάν”
- Italian: “Azatan”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Azatan”
- Macedonian: “Азатан”
- Malay: “Azatan”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Azatan”
- Persian: “آزاتان”
- Persian: “آزاتانا”
- Polish: “Azatan”
- Russian: “Азатан”
- Russian: “Галдема” (historical)
- Russian: “Гандма” (historical)
- Russian: “Малый Караклись” (historical)
- Russian: “Неркин Хли-Каракилиса” (historical)
- Russian: “Покр Каракилиса” (historical)
- Russian: “Хли-Каракилиса” (historical)
- Scots: “Azatan”
- Spanish: “Azatan”
- Swedish: “Azatan”
- Swedish: “Chli Gharakilisa”
- Turkish: “Azatan”
- Turkish: “Küçük Karakilise”
- Uzbek: “Azatan”
- Vietnamese: “Azatan”
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