Garni

Garni is a village in the Kotayk Province of . Most visitors come on day trips from Yerevan to see Garni Temple and Geghard Monastery, but the area deserves a longer stay.
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  • Type: Village with 8,020 residents
  • Description: village in Kotayk Province of Armenia
  • Also known as: “Bash Gyarni”, “Garnhi”, “გარნი”, and “ガルニ”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Garni Temple and Garni Fortress.

Temple
Photo: TheJerboa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a classical colonnaded structure…

Archaeological site
Photo: Halavar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an archaeological site.

Church
Photo: Volodya G., CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mashtots Hayrapet is a church located within the village of Garni in the of .

Garni

Latitude
40.1175° or 40° 7′ 3″ north
Longitude
44.7341° or 44° 44′ 3″ east
Population
8,020
Elevation
1,413 metres (4,636 feet)
Open location code
8HG64P8M+XJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2286557718
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
616697
Wiki­data ID
Q1010273
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Frisian—“Garni” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Garrni”
  • Armenian: “Գառնի”
  • Azerbaijani: “Baş Gərni”
  • Basque: “Garni”
  • Belarusian: “Гарні”
  • Catalan: “Garní”
  • Cebuano: “Garrni”
  • Central Kurdish: “گەرنی”
  • Chechen: “Гарни”
  • Chinese: “加尔尼”
  • Czech: “Garni”
  • Dutch: “Garni”
  • Esperanto: “Garni”
  • Estonian: “Garni”
  • French: “Garni”
  • Georgian: “გარნისი”
  • German: “Garni”
  • Hebrew: “גארני”
  • Hungarian: “Garni”
  • Italian: “Garni”
  • Japanese: “ガルニ神殿”
  • Korean: “가르니”
  • Kurdish: “Garnî”
  • Lithuanian: “Garni”
  • Malay: “Garni”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Garni”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Garni”
  • Ossetian: “Гарни (хъæу)”
  • Ossetian: “Гарни”
  • Persian: “گارنی”
  • Polish: “Garni”
  • Portuguese: “Garni”
  • Romanian: “Garni, Kotaik”
  • Russian: “Гарни”
  • Scots: “Garni”
  • Slovenian: “Garni”
  • Spanish: “Garni”
  • Spanish: “Garní”
  • Swedish: “Garni”
  • Swedish: “Garrni”
  • Turkish: “Baş Gerni”
  • Turkish: “Garni”
  • Ukrainian: “Гарні”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґарні”
  • Urdu: “گارنی”
  • Vietnamese: “Garni”
  • Western Armenian: “Գառնի”
  • Western Frisian: “Garni”

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