Shoghakn
Shoghakn is a village in the Aparan Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Shoghakn has about 119 residents and an elevation of 1,957 metres.- Type: Village with 119 residents
- Description: village in Aragatsotn Province of Armenia
- Also known as: “Norashen, Aparan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Astvatsankal Monastery.
Astvatsankal Monastery
Church
The Astvatsankal Monastery is an Armenian Monastery complex in Aragatsotn Province, between the villages of Yernjatap and Hartavan. It was built in the 4th-13th centuries. Astvatsankal Monastery is situated 3 km west of Shoghakn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yernjatap and Buzhakan.
Yernjatap
Village
Yernjatap is a village in the Aparan Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.
Buzhakan
Village
Buzhakan, also Romanized as Bujhakan; formerly, Babakishi), is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. It is situated along the eastern foothills of the Tsaghkunyats mountain range, upon a fertile slope. Buzhakan is situated 4 km southeast of Shoghakn.
Jrambar
Village
Jrambar is a village in the Aparan Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The local economy is based on the nearby Aparan dam and reservoir, which supplies the capital Yerevan with drinking water. Jrambar is situated 4 km west of Shoghakn.
Shoghakn
- Categories: village in Armenia, residential area, and locality
- Location: Aparan Municipality, Aragatsotn Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
40.46887° or 40° 28′ 8″ north
Longitude
44.4802° or 44° 28′ 49″ east
Population
119
Elevation
1,957 metres (6,421 feet)
Open location code
8HG6FF9J+G3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residential
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Shoghakn” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شوغاكن, آراغاتسوتن”
- Arabic: “شوغاكن”
- Armenian: “Shoghakn”
- Armenian: “Shoxakn”
- Armenian: “Նորաշեն (Ապարանի տարածաշրջան)”
- Armenian: “Շողակն”
- Azerbaijani: “Saçlı (Abaran)”
- Azerbaijani: “Saçlı”
- Chechen: “Шохакн”
- Chinese: “Shoghakn”
- Dutch: “Norashen, Aparan”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شوجاكن”
- French: “Shoghakn”
- Georgian: “შოღაკნი”
- Irish: “Norashen”
- Italian: “Shoghakn”
- Malay: “Norashen, Aparan”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Shoghakn”
- Persian: “شوغاکن”
- Persian: “شوقاکن”
- Polish: “Szoghakn”
- Romanian: “Șohakn, Aragațotn”
- Russian: “Шогакн”
- Russian: “Шохакн”
- Spanish: “Shoghakn”
- Tumbuka: “Shoghakn”
- Turkish: “Norashen”
- Ukrainian: “Шохакн”
- Uzbek: “Shoghakn”
- Vietnamese: “Shoghakn, Aragatsotn”
- Vietnamese: “Shoghakn”
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