Southern Armenia
Southern Armenia is in Armenia. Southern Armenia is full of tall mountain ranges, valleys, gorges and forests. One main highway takes you from top to bottom, with dramatic changes in elevation and scenery.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Kapan and Goris.
Kapan
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Kapan is a town in southeast Armenia, serving as the administrative centre of the Kapan Municipality and also as the provincial capital of Syunik Province.
Goris
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Goris is a city in Southern Armenia. Goris is a favoured destination of many local and foreign tourists, with a lot of hotels and inns. The stone-pyramids of Old Kores are one of the most attractive sites in Goris.
Yeghegnadzor
Yeghegnadzor is a town in Southern Armenia. This small city is a good spot from which to explore the surrounding sites for a few days, and in a fantastic area for hiking and spelunking.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Sisian and Jermuk.
Sisian
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Sisian is a city in Southern Armenia, 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.
Jermuk
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Jermuk is a mountain spa town and the centre of the Jermuk Municipality of the Vayots Dzor Province in southern Armenia, at a road distance of 53 km east of the provincial capital Yeghegnadzor.
Meghri
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Meghri is a town and the centre of the Meghri Municipality of the Syunik Province in southern Armenia, near the border with Iran. As of the 2011 census, the population of the town was 4,580.
Areni
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Areni is a village and the center of the Areni Municipality of the Vayots Dzor Province in Armenia. Areni is best known for its wine production, with the majority of wine produced locally from the nearby village of Getap.
Tatev
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Tatev is a village in Southern Armenia which is famous for its medieval monastery and for the Wings of Tatev, which is, as of 2019, the longest reversible aerial tramway built in only one section, and holds the record for longest non-stop double track cable car.
Tandzaver
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Tandzaver is a small village in Southern Armenia, famous as the first land-art museum in Armenia. There is a beautiful forest where the community built land art pieces that are collectively referred to as Magic Forest.
Southern Armenia
- Type: region
- Location: Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude of center
39.41° or 39° 24′ 36″ northLongitude of center
45.89° or 45° 53′ 24″ eastWikidata ID
Q14201981
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In Other Languages
From French to Russian—“Southern Armenia” goes by many names.
- French: “Arménie méridionale”
- German: “Südarmenien”
- Italian: “Armenia meridionale”
- Persian: “ارمنستان جنوبی”
- Russian: “Южная Армения”
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