Taronik
Taronik is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The Iron Age settlement of Metsamor site is located only 1 km southwest of Taronik.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Metsamor site and Lake Ayger.
Metsamor site
Museum
Photo: Sonashen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Metsamor site is the remains of an old fortress located to the southwest of the Armenian village of Taronik, in the Armavir Province. While a belief was long held according to which the city of Metsamor was destroyed by the Urartians during the Iron Age, researchers now believe it was destroyed by Scythian or Cimmerian nomads.
Lake Ayger
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Lake Akna is a small lake located in the Ararat plain west of Ejmiatsin in Armenia. The area of the lake is 0.07 km2, while its maximum depth is 9.4 meters. Lake Ayger is situated 3 km northwest of Taronik.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aratashen and Artashar.
Aratashen
Village
Photo: Dminasyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aratashen is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It is located on the Ararat Plain.
Artashar
Village
Artashar is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. Today, almost 42% of the population are Yazidi Kurds. Artashar is situated 3 km southwest of Taronik.
Khoronk
Village
Khoronk is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The town's church dates to 1880. Khoronk is situated 3½ km east of Taronik.
Taronik
- Type: Village with 2,410 residents
- Description: village in Armavir Province of Armenia
- Categories: village in Armenia and locality
- Location: Metsamor Municipality, Armavir Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
40.13346° or 40° 8′ 1″ northLongitude
44.19887° or 44° 11′ 56″ eastPopulation
2,410Elevation
851 metres (2,792 feet)Open location code
8HG645MX+9GOpenStreetMap ID
node 1380065760OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
866081Wikidata ID
Q765949
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Armenian—“Taronik” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Taronik”
- Armenian: “Տարոնիկ”
- Azerbaijani: “Kiçik Zeyvə”
- Cebuano: “Taronik”
- Chechen: “Тароник”
- Chinese: “Taronik”
- Dutch: “Taronik”
- French: “Taronik”
- Georgian: “ტარონიკი”
- Greek: “Ταρονίκ”
- Italian: “Taronik”
- Malay: “Taronik”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Taronik”
- Persian: “تارونیک”
- Polish: “Taronik”
- Russian: “Тароник”
- Scots: “Taronik”
- Spanish: “Taronik”
- Swedish: “Taronik”
- Turkish: “Küçük Zeyve”
- Turkish: “Taronik”
- Ukrainian: “Таронік”
- Uzbek: “Taronik”
- Vietnamese: “Taronik”
- Western Armenian: “Տարօնիկ”
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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 “Taronik”. Photo: Sonashen, CC BY-SA 3.0.