Sisian

Sisian is a city in , in Syunik region. It is a good base to visit multiple attractions in the area such as the Ughtasar mountain, and the thousands of petroglyphs on top, the monastery of Vorotnavank, Tolors reservoir and the church inside it, Zorats Karer, Shaki waterfall and others.
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  • Type: Town with 14,300 residents
  • Description: town in Syunik, Armenia
  • Also known as: Karakilisa”, “Sisavan”, and “钖西安

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sisian History Museum.

Museum

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Uyts.

Village
is a village in the of the in . lies roughly 3.5 kilometers away from the nearby city of Sisian.

Sisian

Latitude
39.5235° or 39° 31′ 25″ north
Longitude
46.0236° or 46° 1′ 25″ east
Population
14,300
Elevation
1,609 metres (5,279 feet)
Open location code
8HF8G2FF+CC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 210222626
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
174763
Wiki­data ID
Q39551
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Sisian” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: سيسيان
  • Armenian: Sisian
  • Armenian: Սիսիան
  • Azerbaijani: Qarakilsə rayonu
  • Azerbaijani: Qarakilsə
  • Azerbaijani: Sisian
  • Azerbaijani: Sisiyan
  • Belarusian: Сісіян
  • Bulgarian: Сисиан
  • Catalan: Sisian
  • Catalan: Sissian
  • Cebuano: Sisian
  • Central Kurdish: سیسیان
  • Chechen: Сисиан
  • Chinese: Sisian
  • Chinese: 錫西安
  • Chinese: 锡西安
  • Czech: Sisian
  • Danish: Sisian
  • Dutch: Sisian
  • Dutch: Sissian
  • Esperanto: Sisian
  • Estonian: Sisian
  • Finnish: Sisian
  • French: Sisian
  • French: Sissian
  • Georgian: სისიანი
  • German: Sisian
  • German: Sissian
  • Greek: Σισιάν
  • Hungarian: Sziszián
  • Indonesian: Sisian
  • Italian: Garakilse
  • Italian: Sisian
  • Japanese: シシアン
  • Korean: 시시안
  • Kurdish: Sîsyan
  • Lithuanian: Sisianas
  • Malay: Sisian
  • Malayalam: സിസിയാൻ
  • Mazanderani: سیسیان
  • Min Nan Chinese: Sisian
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Sisian
  • Norwegian: Sisian
  • Occitan (post 1500): Sisian
  • Ossetian: Сисиан
  • Persian: سیسیان
  • Polish: Sisian
  • Polish: Sisjan
  • Romanian: Sisian
  • Russian: Сисиан
  • Scots: Sisian
  • Serbian: Сисијан
  • South Azerbaijani: سیسیان
  • Spanish: Sisian
  • Swedish: Sisian
  • Turkish: Sisian
  • Ukrainian: Сісіан
  • Upper Sorbian: Sisian
  • Urdu: سیسیان
  • Vietnamese: Sisian
  • Welsh: Sisian
  • Western Frisian: Sisian

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