Gyumri

Gyumri is the second largest city in Armenia and the capital of Shirak Province in .
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  • Type: City with 111,000 residents
  • Description: second-largest city in Armenia and capital of Shirak Province in the northwestern part of the country
  • Also known as: Alexandropol”, “Gimri”, “Gümrü”, “Kümri”, and “Kyumayri
  • Historically known as: Alek’pol”, “Alek’sandrapol”, “Alek’sandrobol”, “Alekpol”, “Aleksandropol’”, “Alexandropol’”, “Kumayri”, and “Leninakan

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gyumri and Black Fortress.

Railway station
railway station, is the oldest railway station in and the main station of the city of .

Castle
Sev Berd or is an abandoned Russian imperial fortress in Gyumri, , . The fortress, which lies 8 kilometres from the Turkish border, was built in response to the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829.

Square
Vartanants Square or , is the large central in Gyumri, . It is bordered by Abovyan street from the west, Gai street from the north, Shahumyan street from the east and Vahan Cheraz street from the south.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arapi.

Village
is a village in the Akhuryan Municipality of the of . Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its population was 2,053 in 2010, up from 1,980 at the 2001 census.

Gyumri

Latitude
40.7852° or 40° 47′ 7″ north
Longitude
43.8416° or 43° 50′ 30″ east
Population
111,000
Elevation
1,553 metres (5,095 feet)
IATA airport code
LWN
United Nations Location Code
AM LWN
Open location code
8HG5QRPR+3J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 130037434
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
616635
Wiki­data ID
Q199500
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Gyumri” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Gjoemri
  • Arabic: Գյումրի
  • Arabic: غيومري
  • Armenian: Ալեքսանդրաբոլ” (historical)
  • Armenian: Ալեքսանդրապոլ
  • Armenian: Ալեքսանդրոպոլ
  • Armenian: Ալեքսանտրապոլ
  • Armenian: Գիմրի” (historical)
  • Armenian: Գիւմրի
  • Armenian: Գյումրի
  • Armenian: Գումբրի” (historical)
  • Armenian: Գումրի” (historical)
  • Armenian: Լենինական
  • Armenian: Կյումայրի” (historical)
  • Armenian: Կյումրի” (historical)
  • Armenian: Կումայրի” (historical)
  • Armenian: Կումրի” (historical)
  • Asturian: Guiumri
  • Avaric: Комур
  • Azerbaijani: Gümrü
  • Azerbaijani: Leninakan
  • Basque: Giumri
  • Belarusian: Александропаль
  • Belarusian: Гюмры
  • Bengali: গিউম্রি
  • Bulgarian: Александропол
  • Bulgarian: Гюмри
  • Bulgarian: Кумайри
  • Bulgarian: Ленинакан
  • Catalan: Alexandropol
  • Catalan: Alexandròpol
  • Catalan: Guiumri
  • Catalan: Gumri
  • Catalan: Gumru
  • Catalan: Gyumri
  • Catalan: Gyumru
  • Catalan: Ichqugulu
  • Catalan: Koumari
  • Catalan: Leninakan
  • Cebuano: Gyumri
  • Central Kurdish: گیومری
  • Chechen: Гюмри
  • Chinese: Gyumri
  • Chinese: 久姆里
  • Chinese: 亞歷山德羅波爾
  • Chinese: 列宁纳坎
  • Chuvash: Гюмри
  • Croatian: Gjumri
  • Croatian: Gyumri
  • Croatian: Leninakan
  • Czech: Gjumri
  • Czech: Gyumri
  • Danish: Gjumri
  • Dutch: Alexandropol
  • Dutch: Gjoemri
  • Dutch: Gyumri
  • Dutch: Kumairi
  • Dutch: Kumayri
  • Dutch: Leninkan
  • Eastern Mari: Гюмри
  • Egyptian Arabic: جيومرى
  • Esperanto: Gjumri
  • Esperanto: Gyumri
  • Estonian: Alekhsandrapol
  • Estonian: Gjumri
  • Estonian: Kumajri
  • Estonian: Leninakan
  • Finnish: Aleksandropol
  • Finnish: Gjumri
  • Finnish: Gyumri
  • Finnish: Kumairi
  • Finnish: Leninakan
  • French: Alexandropol
  • French: Giumri
  • French: Gjumri
  • French: Goumry
  • French: Gumri
  • French: Gumry
  • French: Gyoumri
  • French: Gyoumry
  • French: Gyumri
  • French: Gyumry
  • French: Kioumry
  • French: Kiumri
  • French: Koumri
  • French: Kyoumri
  • French: Kyoumry
  • French: Kyumri
  • French: Kyumry
  • French: Leninakan
  • French: Գյումրի
  • Georgian: ალექსანდროპოლი
  • Georgian: გიუმრი
  • Georgian: ლენინაკანი
  • German: Alexandropol
  • German: Gjumri
  • German: Gümrü
  • German: Gyumri
  • German: Kumardschi
  • German: Leninakan
  • Greek: Γκιουμρί
  • Greek: Γκιούμρι
  • Gujarati: ગ્યુમરી
  • Hebrew: גיומרי
  • Hindi: ग्यूमरी
  • Hungarian: Gjumri
  • Hungarian: Gümri
  • Indonesian: Gyumri
  • Interlingua: Gyumri
  • Irish: Gyumri
  • Italian: Alexandropol
  • Italian: Gumri
  • Italian: Gümrü
  • Italian: Gyumri
  • Italian: Leninakan
  • Japanese: ギュムリ
  • Japanese: クマイリ
  • Kannada: ಗ್ಯೂಮ್ರಿ
  • Kirghiz: Ленинакан
  • Korean: 규므리
  • Korean: 귬리
  • Korean: 기우므리
  • Korean: 기윰리
  • Korean: 레니나칸
  • Korean: 알렉산드로폴
  • Korean: 쿠마이리
  • Kurdish: Gumrî
  • Kurdish: Gyumrî
  • Latin: Alexandropolis
  • Latvian: Aleksandropole
  • Latvian: Gjumri
  • Latvian: Ļeņinakana
  • Lithuanian: Aleksandropolis
  • Lithuanian: Giumri
  • Lithuanian: Giumris
  • Lithuanian: Gyumri
  • Lithuanian: Kumairis
  • Lithuanian: Leninakanas
  • Macedonian: Александропол
  • Macedonian: Ѓумри
  • Malay: Gyumri
  • Malayalam: ഗ്യൂമ്രി
  • Marathi: ग्युमरी
  • Mazanderani: گیومری
  • Min Nan Chinese: Gyumri
  • Mingrelian: გიუმრი
  • Moksha: Гюмри
  • Mongolian: Гюмри
  • Northern Frisian: Gjumri
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Aleksandropol
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Gjumri
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kumajri
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kumayri
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Leninakan
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Aleksandropol
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Alexandropol
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Gjumri
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Gyumri
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kumayri
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Leninakan
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Александрополь
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Гюмри
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Գյումրի
  • Norwegian: Gjumri
  • Norwegian: Kumajri
  • Ossetian: Александрополь
  • Ossetian: Гюмри
  • Ossetian: Ленинакан
  • Panjabi: ਗਯੁਮਰੀ
  • Persian: گومری
  • Persian: گیومری
  • Persian: لنیناکان
  • Polish: Aleksandropol
  • Polish: Giumri
  • Polish: Leninakan
  • Portuguese: Alexandropol
  • Portuguese: Cumairi
  • Portuguese: Guiumri
  • Portuguese: Gümrü
  • Portuguese: Gyumri
  • Portuguese: Kumayri
  • Portuguese: Leninacã
  • Portuguese: Leninakan
  • Romanian: Alexandropol
  • Romanian: Ghiumri
  • Romanian: Leninakan
  • Russian: Алекполь” (historical)
  • Russian: Александрополь” (historical)
  • Russian: Гумры
  • Russian: Гюмри
  • Russian: Гюмрь
  • Russian: Кумайри” (historical)
  • Russian: Ленинакан” (historical)
  • Scots: Gyumri
  • Serbian: Gjumri
  • Serbian: Гјумри
  • Serbian: Գյումրի
  • Serbo-Croatian: Gjumri
  • Sicilian: Alexandropol
  • Sicilian: Gyumri
  • Silesian: Giumri
  • Sinhala: ග්යුම්රි, ආර්මේනියාව
  • Sinhala: ග්යුම්රි
  • Slovenian: Gjumri
  • South Azerbaijani: گیومری
  • Spanish: Alexandropol
  • Spanish: Alexandropolis
  • Spanish: Guiumri
  • Spanish: Guiumrí
  • Spanish: Gumru
  • Spanish: Gumrü
  • Spanish: Gümrü
  • Spanish: Gyumri
  • Spanish: Koumari
  • Spanish: La Universidad Estatal de Ingenieria de Armenia
  • Spanish: La Universidad Estatal de Ingeniería de Armenia
  • Spanish: Leninakan
  • Swahili: Gyumri
  • Swedish: Aleksandropol
  • Swedish: Alexandropol
  • Swedish: Gjumri
  • Swedish: Gumri
  • Swedish: Gumru
  • Swedish: Gümrü
  • Swedish: Gyumri
  • Swedish: Kumajri
  • Swedish: Kumayri
  • Swedish: Leninakan
  • Tamil: ஜியூம்பிரி
  • Tatar: Гөмре
  • Telugu: గ్యుమ్రి
  • Thai: กยูมรี
  • Thai: กียุมรี
  • Turkish: Aleksandropol
  • Turkish: Gümrü
  • Turkish: Leninakan
  • Ukrainian: Александрополь
  • Ukrainian: Гюмрі
  • Ukrainian: Ґюмрі
  • Ukrainian: Кумайрі
  • Ukrainian: Ленінакан
  • Upper Sorbian: Gjumri
  • Urdu: گیومری
  • Urdu: وانادزور
  • Uzbek: Gyumri
  • Venetian: Gyumri
  • Veps: Gümri
  • Vietnamese: Gyumri
  • Waray (Philippines): Gyumri
  • Welsh: Gyumri
  • Western Armenian: Գիւմրի
  • Western Armenian: Կիւմրի
  • Western Frisian: Gjûmri
  • Western Panjabi: گیومری
  • Wu Chinese: 久姆里
  • Yue Chinese: 久姆里

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