Byurakan

Byurakan is a city in located on the volcano Aragats. It is a good place to sleep to then climb Mount Aragats.
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  • Village with 4,620 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,489 metres (4,885 feet)
  • Description: village in Aragatsotn, Armenia

Places of Interest

Highlights include Artavazik Church and Byurakan astrophysic observatory.
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of the 7th century is located…
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The Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory, or Byurakan…
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is an early 13th-century Armenian…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Antarut and Orgov.
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is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the of .
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is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the of .
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is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the of . is situated 3½ km south of Byurakan.

Byurakan

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Latitude
40.3387° or 40° 20′ 19″ north
Longitude
44.2689° or 44° 16′ 8″ east
Open location code
8HG687Q9+FG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1123568385
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
616791
Wiki­data ID
Q2305036

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Byurakan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيوراكان”
  • Armenian: “Byurakan”
  • Armenian: “Բյուրական”
  • Armenian: “Պիրտական”
  • Armenian: “Փիրական”
  • Azerbaijani: “Byurakan”
  • Bavarian: “Bjurakan”
  • Belarusian: “Бюракан”
  • Catalan: “Biurakan”
  • Cebuano: “Byurakan”
  • Chechen: “Бюракан”
  • Chinese: “布拉堪”
  • Czech: “Bjurakan”
  • Danish: “Byurakan”
  • Dutch: “Byurakan”
  • Esperanto: “Bjurakan”
  • Estonian: “Bjurakan”
  • Finnish: “Byurakan”
  • French: “Byurakan”
  • Georgian: “ბიურაკანი”
  • German: “Bjurakan”
  • German: “Byowrakan”
  • Greek: “Μπιουρακάν”
  • Italian: “Biurakan”
  • Italian: “Bjurakan”
  • Italian: “Burakan”
  • Italian: “Byurakan”
  • Japanese: “ビュラカン”
  • Malay: “Byurakan”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Byurakan”
  • Persian: “بویورخان”
  • Persian: “بیوراکان”
  • Polish: “Bjurakan”
  • Portuguese: “Biuracã”
  • Romanian: “Biurakan, Aragațotn”
  • Russian: “Бюракан”
  • Spanish: “Byurakan”
  • Swedish: “Bjurakan”
  • Turkish: “Büyürken”
  • Turkish: “Byurakan”
  • Ukrainian: “Бюракан”
  • Uzbek: “Byurakan”
  • Vietnamese: “Byurakan”
  • Western Armenian: “Բիւրական”

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