Lake Sevan Region

Gegharkunik is a province of . Its capital and largest city is . Gegharkunik is inhabited by approximately 209,669 people and the majority are ethnic Armenians.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Gavar and Sevan.

is a town of 18,000 in 's Lake Sevan Region on the shores of Gavaraget river. This article also includes nearby Noratus.

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is a town as well as one of the most popular resorts in , located in the Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province on the northwestern shores of .

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is a city of 12,000 people in Lake Sevan Region. There are a few small monasteries and chapels, mountains and valleys that only those making it this far will have a chance to see.

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Shoghakat is a village in the Shoghakat Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of , located near , northwest of the Artanish Peninsula.

Lake Sevan Region

Latitude of center
40.3031° or 40° 18′ 11″ north
Longitude of center
45.3757° or 45° 22′ 33″ east
Population
217,000
Elevation
1,898 metres (6,227 feet)
Abbreviation
“GR”
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
828261
Wiki­data ID
Q199905
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Lake Sevan Region” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “Գեղարքունիք”
  • Arabic: “كيغاركونيك”
  • Arabic: “محافظة كغاركونيك”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة كغاركونيك”
  • Armenian: “Գեղարքունիք”
  • Armenian: “Գեղարքունիքի մարզ”
  • Armenian: “Գեղարքունիքի Մարզ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Geğarkunik mərzi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Geğarkunik”
  • Basque: “Gegharkunik”
  • Belarusian: “Гегаркунік”
  • Belarusian: “Марз Гегаркунік”
  • Bengali: “গেঘারকুনিক প্রদেশ”
  • Bosnian: “Geharkunik”
  • Bulgarian: “Гегаркуник”
  • Bulgarian: “Гехаркуник”
  • Catalan: “Província de Gegharkunik”
  • Catalan: “província de Guegharkunik”
  • Catalan: “Província de Guegharkunik”
  • Cebuano: “Geghark’unik’i Marz”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای گێغارکونیک”
  • Chechen: “Гехаркуникан провинци”
  • Chinese: “Gegharkunik Séng”
  • Chinese: “格加古力省”
  • Chinese: “格加尔库尼克州”
  • Chinese: “格加爾庫尼克州”
  • Chinese: “格加爾庫尼克省”
  • Croatian: “Gegharkunik”
  • Croatian: “Geharkunik”
  • Czech: “Gegharkunik”
  • Danish: “Gegharkunik Province”
  • Dutch: “Gecharkoenik”
  • Dutch: “Gegharkoenik”
  • Dutch: “Gegharkunik”
  • Esperanto: “Gegharkunik”
  • Estonian: “Gegharkhunikhi maakond”
  • Finnish: “Geghark’unik‘”
  • Finnish: “Geghark’unik’”
  • Finnish: “Gegharkunik”
  • French: “Geghark’unik‘”
  • French: “Gégharkounik”
  • French: “Gegharkunik”
  • French: “Région du lac Sevan”
  • Galician: “Provincia de Gegharkunik”
  • Georgian: “გეღარკუნიკი”
  • Georgian: “გეღარქუნიქი”
  • Georgian: “გეღარქუნიქის ოლქი”
  • Georgian: “გეღარქუნიქის პროვინცია”
  • German: “AM-GR”
  • German: “Geġark̕ownik̕”
  • German: “Gegharkunik”
  • Greek: “Γκεγκαρκουνίκ”
  • Greek: “Γκεγκαρκούνικ”
  • Greek: “Περιφέρεια Γκεγαρκουνίκ”
  • Gujarati: “ગેઘરક્યુનિક પ્રાંત”
  • Hausa: “Gegharkunik”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז גגהרקוניק”
  • Hindi: “गेघारकुनिक प्रांत”
  • Hindi: “गेघारकुनिक”
  • Hindi: “गेघार्कुनिक प्रांत”
  • Hungarian: “Gegarkounik”
  • Hungarian: “Gegarkunik tartomány”
  • Indonesian: “Geghark’unik‘”
  • Indonesian: “Gegharkunik”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Gegharkunik”
  • Italian: “Geġark’ownik’”
  • Italian: “Geghark’unik‘”
  • Italian: “Gegharkunik”
  • Italian: “Provincia di Gegharkunik”
  • Japanese: “ゲガルクニク地方”
  • Javanese: “Gegharkunik”
  • Kannada: “ಜಿಘಾರ್ಕುನಿಕ್ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
  • Kazakh: “Гегаркуник”
  • Kirghiz: “Гегаркуник”
  • Korean: “게가르쿠니크주”
  • Korean: “게가르쿠닉 주”
  • Latvian: “Gegarkunikas marze”
  • Latvian: “Gegarkunikas reģions”
  • Latvian: “Geharkunikas marze”
  • Lezghian: “Гехаркуник марз”
  • Lithuanian: “Gegarkuniko sritis”
  • Macedonian: “Гегаркуник”
  • Macedonian: “Гехаркуник”
  • Malay: “Gegharkunik”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Gegharkunik”
  • Malayalam: “ഗെഘാർകുനിക്”
  • Marathi: “गेघरक्युनिक प्रांत”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gegharkunik Séng”
  • Minangkabau: “Provinsi Gegharkunik”
  • Mingrelian: “გეღარქუნიქიშ პროვინცია”
  • Mongolian: “Гехаркуник аймаг”
  • Mongolian: “Гехаркуник муж”
  • Nepali: “गेघार्कुनिक प्रान्त”
  • Northern Frisian: “Gegharkunik”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gegharkunik”
  • Norwegian: “Gegharkunik”
  • Oromo: “Gegharkunik”
  • Ossetian: “Гегаркуник”
  • Ossetian: “Гехаркуник”
  • Panjabi: “ਗੇਘਾਰਕੁਨਿਕ”
  • Persian: “استان گغارکونیک”
  • Persian: “گغارکونیک”
  • Persian: “منطقه دریاچه سوان”
  • Polish: “Gegharkunik”
  • Polish: “Prowincja Gegharkunik”
  • Portuguese: “Geghark’unik‘”
  • Portuguese: “Gegharkunik”
  • Portuguese: “Guelarcunique”
  • Portuguese: “Província de Gegharkunik”
  • Pushto: “گقارکونیک”
  • Romanian: “Provincia Gegharkunik”
  • Romanian: “Provincia Ghegarkunik”
  • Romanian: “Provincia Gheharkunik”
  • Russian: “Гегаркуник”
  • Russian: “Гегаркуникская область”
  • Russian: “Гегаркуникский марз”
  • Russian: “Гехаркуник”
  • Russian: “Гехаркуникская область”
  • Russian: “Гехаркуникский марз”
  • Scots: “Gegharkunik Province”
  • Serbian: “Geharkunik”
  • Serbian: “Гехаркуник”
  • Sinhala: “ගෙග්හාකුනික් පළාත, ආර්මේනියාව”
  • Sinhala: “ගෙග්හාකුනික් පළාත”
  • Somali: “Gegharkunik”
  • Spanish: “Geghark’unik‘”
  • Spanish: “Gegharkunik”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Gegharkunik”
  • Sundanese: “Propinsi Gegharkunik”
  • Swahili: “Gegharkunik”
  • Swedish: “Gegharkunik”
  • Tagalog: “Lalawigan ng Gegharkunik”
  • Tajik: “Гегаркуник”
  • Tamil: “கேகார்குனிக் மாகாணம்”
  • Tatar: “Гегаркуник”
  • Telugu: “గెగార్కునిక్ ప్రావిన్స్”
  • Telugu: “గెగార్కునిక్ రాష్ట్రభాగం”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดแกฆาร์คูนิค”
  • Turkish: “Geğarkunik İdari Bölgesi”
  • Turkish: “Geğarkunik”
  • Ukrainian: “Гегаркунік”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґегаркунік”
  • Ukrainian: “Гехаркунік”
  • Urdu: “گیغارکونیک صوبہ”
  • Uzbek: “Gegharkunik”
  • Vietnamese: “Gegharkunik”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Gegharkunik”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gegharkunik”
  • Welsh: “Gegharkunik”
  • Western Armenian: “Գեղարքունիքի մարզ”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ گغارکونیک”
  • Wu Chinese: “格加尔库尼克省”
  • Yue Chinese: “格加古力省”

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