Khor Virap

Khor Virap is an Armenian monastery located in the in , near the border with Turkey, about 8 kilometres south of , Ararat Province, in the territory of ancient .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Artaxata.

Ruins
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Artashat, Hellenized as and Artaxiasata, was a major city and commercial center of ancient Armenia that served as the capital of the Kingdom of Armenia from its founding in 176 BC to 120 AD, with some interruptions. is situated 1 km north of Khor Virap.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lusarat and Pokr Vedi.

Village
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is a village in the Vedi Municipality of the of . It is situated adjacent to the Armenia–Turkey border.

Village
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is a village in the Vedi Municipality of the of . is situated 3½ km northeast of Khor Virap.

Town
is a town in the in the Eastern Anatolia region of . It is the seat of . Its population is 5,809. lies near the right bank of the river , across the border from the town . is situated 5 km west of Khor Virap.

Khor Virap

Latitude
39.87836° or 39° 52′ 42″ north
Longitude
44.57615° or 44° 34′ 34″ east
Elevation
825 metres (2,707 feet)
Open location code
8HF6VHHG+8F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3423637764
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
7649120
Wiki­data ID
Q1144626
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Frisian—“Khor Virap” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Խոր Վիրապ”
  • Armenian: “Խոր վիրապի վանք”
  • Armenian: “Վանական համալիր Խոր Վիրապ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Xorvirab monastırı”
  • Bashkir: “Хор Вирап”
  • Catalan: “Khor Virap”
  • Chinese: “霍爾維拉普”
  • Croatian: “Hor Virap”
  • Czech: “Chor Virap”
  • Danish: “Khor Virap”
  • Dutch: “Chor Virap”
  • Dutch: “Khor Virab”
  • Dutch: “Khor Virap”
  • Esperanto: “Ĥor-Virapo”
  • Estonian: “Hor Virap”
  • French: “Khor Virab”
  • French: “Khor Virap”
  • French: “Khor-Virap”
  • Galician: “Khor Virap”
  • Georgian: “ხორ-ვირაპი”
  • German: “Chor Virap”
  • German: “Chor Wirap”
  • German: “Khor Virap”
  • German: “Kloster Chor Wirap”
  • Greek: “Χορ Βιράπ”
  • Hebrew: “חור ויראפ”
  • Hungarian: “Hor Virap”
  • Indonesian: “Biara Khor Virap”
  • Indonesian: “Khor Virap”
  • Italian: “Khor Virap”
  • Japanese: “khor virap”
  • Japanese: “コル・ヴィラプ修道院”
  • Japanese: “ホル・ヴィラップ修道院”
  • Japanese: “ホル・ヴィラプ”
  • Korean: “코르비랍”
  • Latvian: “Horvirapas klosteris”
  • Luxembourgish: “Khor Virap”
  • Macedonian: “Хор Вирап”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Khor Virap”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Khor Virap”
  • Norwegian: “Khor Virap”
  • Persian: “صومعه خور ویراپ”
  • Polish: “Chor Wirap”
  • Portuguese: “Khor Virap”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Cor Virape”
  • Romanian: “Hor Virap”
  • Russian: “Монастырь Хор Вирап”
  • Russian: “Хор Вирап”
  • Russian: “Хорвираб”
  • Serbian: “Hor Virap”
  • Serbian: “Хор Вирап”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hor Virap”
  • Slovenian: “Khor Virap”
  • Slovenian: “Samostan Hor Virap”
  • Spanish: “Jor Virap”
  • Spanish: “Khor Virap”
  • Swedish: “Khor Virap”
  • Tamil: “கோர் விரப்”
  • Thai: “โคร์วีรัป”
  • Turkish: “Hor Virap Kilisesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Хор Вірап”
  • Western Armenian: “Խոր Վիրապ”
  • Western Frisian: “Chor Virap”
  • Western Frisian: “Khor Virap”

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