Byurakan
Byurakan is a city in Armenia located on the volcano Aragats. It is a good place to sleep to then climb Mount Aragats.Photo: Serouj, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Artavazik Church and Byurakan astrophysic observatory.
Artavazik Church
Church
Photo: Melqon93, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Artavazik Church of the 7th century is located in a stone field one kilometer northeast just a little outside the village of Byurakan in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.
Byurakan astrophysic observatory
The Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory, or Byurakan Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Armenian Academy of Sciences. It is located on the slope of Mount Aragats in the village of Byurakan in Armenia.
Tegher Monastery
Church
Tegher Monastery is an early 13th-century Armenian monastery and church located on the southeastern slopes of Mount Aragats near the modern village of Tegher, and across the gorge from the village of Byurakan in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Antarut and Orgov.
Antarut
Village
Photo: Hambi88, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Antarut is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.
Orgov
Village
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Orgov is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Orgov is home to the Orgov Radio-Optical Telescope and remains of a Bronze Age fort.
Aghdzk
Village
Photo: Albero, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aghdzk is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. It is home to the Arshakid Mausoleum, a large grave monument complex and basilica of the 4th to 5th centuries. Aghdzk is situated 3½ km south of Byurakan.
Byurakan
- Type: Village with 4,620 residents
- Description: village in Aragatsotn, Armenia
- Categories: village in Armenia and locality
- Location: Ashtarak Municipality, Aragatsotn Province, Central Armenia, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
40.3387° or 40° 20′ 19″ northLongitude
44.2689° or 44° 16′ 8″ eastPopulation
4,620Elevation
1,489 metres (4,885 feet)Open location code
8HG687Q9+FGOpenStreetMap ID
node 1123568385OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
616791Wikidata 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: “Byurakan”
- 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: “Byurakan”
- Russian: “Бюракан”
- Spanish: “Byurakan”
- Swedish: “Bjurakan”
- Turkish: “Büyürken”
- Turkish: “Byurakan”
- Ukrainian: “Бюракан”
- Uzbek: “Byurakan”
- Vietnamese: “Byurakan”
- Western Armenian: “Բիւրական”
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