Northern Armenia

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Gyumri

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Gyumri is the second largest city in Armenia and the capital of Shirak Province in Northern Armenia. The city was hit hard by the 1988 Spitak earthquake, the consequences of which are still visible throughout the city in the 2020’s.

Vanadzor

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Vanadzor is an urban municipal community and the third-largest city in Armenia, serving as the capital of Lori Province in the northern part of the country.

Ijevan

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Ijevan is a town and urban municipal community in the Ijevan Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia, also serving as the province's administrative centre.

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Dilijan

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Dilijan is a town with mild climate and fresh air to the northeast of Yerevan. It is famous for its lovely surroundings, called the "Armenian Switzerland" by the locals, due to the densely forested valleys and mountains with alpine meadows surrounding them.

Alaverdi

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Alaverdi is a city in Northern Armenia, and an important commercial and industrial centre in this region.

Spitak

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Spitak is a town on the shores of Pambak River in Northern Armenia, surrounded by mountains, between Gyumri and Vanadzor. The town was the epicenter of the Spitak earthquake, the results of which are still visible throughout town.

Stepanavan

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Stepanavan is a city in Northern Armenia. It's famous mainly because of the ruins of the walled city of Lori located nearby. There is also a rather big museum of Stepan Shahumyan in town and nice Dendropark 12 km south of town.

Berd

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Berd is a town in the Tavush Province of Armenia. It is the administrative centre of Berd Municipality. The town is located to the west of the Tavush River, 211 kilometres from Yerevan, surrounded by low mountains.

Noyemberyan

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Noyemberyan is a city in Northern Armenia at a height of 800 meters above sea level, with a population of 5,500 people.

Tumanyan

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Tumanyan is in Northern Armenia. The cute little town has a nice town square which has stunning views of the Debed Canyon's cliffs.

Akhtala

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Akhtala is a town and municipal community in the Lori Province of Northern Armenia, located along the Shamlugh river, on the slopes of Lalvar mountain.

Pemzashen

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Pemzashen is a village in the Artik Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. During the Soviet era a sewing factory, construction materials plant, and a parts factory to supply hydro-electric stations were based out of Pemzashen.

Dsegh

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Dsegh, known as Tumanyan between 1938 and 1969, is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia. It is located about 13 km south of the city of Alaverdi, on the high right bank of the Debed River, on a peninsula surrounded by forests, on the western side of which is the Debed Gorge.

Debed Canyon

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Debed Canyon is in Northern Armenia. There are two cities along the river at the bottom of the canyon, and a good number of villages that are mainly on the plain that is atop the canyon walls. Alaverdi is the biggest city in the region by far.

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