Abovyan

Abovyan is a village in the Artashat Municipality of the of . It is named in honour of the writer Khachatur Abovyan.
  • Village with 1,420 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 956 metres (3,136 feet)
  • …is also known as “Abovyan, Ararat”
  • Description: village in Ararat Province of Armenia
  • Historically known as
    “Agbash”
    “Verin Agbash”
    “Verkhniy Agbash”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tiknuni castle.
is a ruins, which is situated 3 km east of Abovyan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arevshat and Getazat.
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Abovyan

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Latitude
40.04811° or 40° 2′ 53″ north
Longitude
44.54938° or 44° 32′ 58″ east
Open location code
8HG62GXX+6Q
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Abovyan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أبوفيان”
  • Armenian: “Աբովյան”
  • Armenian: “Վերին Աղբաշ” (historical)
  • Armenian: “Փոքր Արմալու” (historical)
  • Azerbaijani: “Yuxarı Ağbaş”
  • Belarusian: “Абавян”
  • Cebuano: “Abovyan”
  • Chechen: “Абовян”
  • Dutch: “Abovjan”
  • Dutch: “Abovyan”
  • French: “Abovyan”
  • Georgian: “აბოვიანი”
  • Irish: “Abovyan”
  • Italian: “Abovyan”
  • Malay: “Abovyan, Ararat”
  • Malay: “Abovyan”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Abovyan”
  • Persian: “آبوویان”
  • Persian: “ابویان”
  • Polish: “Abowjan”
  • Portuguese: “Aboviã”
  • Portuguese: “Abovyan”
  • Pushto: “آبوویان، ارارات”
  • Romanian: “Abovian, Ararat”
  • Russian: “Абовян”
  • Russian: “Верхний Агбаш” (historical)
  • Russian: “Верхний Ахбаш”
  • Scots: “Abovyan, Ararat”
  • Scots: “Abovyan”
  • Swedish: “Abovjan, Ararat”
  • Swedish: “Abovjan”
  • Swedish: “Abovyan”
  • Turkish: “Abovyan, Ararat”
  • Turkish: “Abovyan”
  • Turkish: “Eller”
  • Ukrainian: “Абовян”
  • Uzbek: “Abovyan”
  • Vietnamese: “Abovyan, Ararat”
  • Vietnamese: “Abovyan”
  • Western Armenian: “Աբովեան”
  • Western Armenian: “Վերին Ագ-Պաշ” (historical)
  • Western Armenian: “Վերին Աղ-Բաշ” (historical)

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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