Ani

Ani is a village in , and has about 399 residents. Ani is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near the village .
Photo: Jaba1977, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Village with 399 residents
  • Description: village in central district, Kars, northeastern Turkey
  • Also known as: “Ocaklı”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ani and Cathedral of Ani.

Photo: Ggia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an abandoned city in , 44 km east of Kars and right on the border with Armenia. It was the chief city of Armenia in the 11th century, but dwindled thereafter, and was abandoned in the 13th century.

Church
Photo: Antonio, CC BY 2.0.
The is the largest standing building in , the capital city of medieval Bagratid Armenia, located in present-day eastern , on the border with modern .

Mosque
Photo: Sailko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also Manučehr Mosque is a in the medieval city of in , . It was built between 1072 and 1086 by Manuchihr ibn Shavur of the Kurdish Shaddadid dynasty. The restoration of the mosque started in June 2020.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Norshen and Kozluca.

Village
is a village in the Ani Municipality of the of . is situated 3 km southeast of Ani.

Village
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is a village in the Kars District of , . Its population is 102. The village houses the remains of the Armenian Bagnayr Monastery, built in the 10th century CE. is situated 7 km west of Ani.

Village
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is a village in the Ani Municipality of the of near the Armenia–Turkey border… is situated 8 km east of Ani.

Ani

Latitude
40.51779° or 40° 31′ 4″ north
Longitude
43.56661° or 43° 33′ 60″ east
Population
399
Open location code
8HG5GH98+4J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 134948439
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q10802284
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Yoruba—“Ani” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Ani”
  • Catalan: “Ocaklı”
  • Chechen: “Ани”
  • French: “Ocaklı”
  • German: “Ani”
  • Portuguese: “Ocaklı”
  • Tatar: “Ани”
  • Turkish: “Ani, Kars”
  • Turkish: “Ani”
  • Turkish: “Ocaklı”
  • Uzbek: “Ani”
  • Vietnamese: “Ani, Kars”
  • Vietnamese: “Ocaklı”
  • Yoruba: “Ocaklı”
  • “Ani”

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