Spitak
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.
- Town with about 12,900 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,250 metres (4,100 feet)
- Description: town in Armenia
- Also known as“Amamlu”“Hamamlu”
- Historically known as“Amamth”“Amamth, Hamamlu”
Places of Interest
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arevashogh and Shenavan.
Spitak
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Latitude
40.8343° or 40° 50′ 4″ north
Longitude
44.2648° or 44° 15′ 53″ east
UN/LOCODE
AM SPI
Open location code
8HG6R7M7+PW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Spitak” goes by many names.
SpitakArmenian
Համամլը (historical)Armenian
Համամլի (historical)Armenian
Համամլու (historical)Armenian
ՍպիտակArmenian
HamamlıAzerbaijani
SpitakAzerbaijani
СпітакBelarusian
СьпітакBelarusian
СпитакBulgarian
SpitakCatalan
SpitakCebuano
СпитакChechen
斯皮塔克Chinese
СпитакChuvash
SpitakCzech
SpitakDutch
SpitakEsperanto
SpitakoEsperanto
SpitakEstonian
SpitakFinnish
სპიტაკიGeorgian
ΣπιτάκGreek
SpitakHungarian
SpitakIndonesian
SpitakInterlingua
SpitakItalian
スピタクJapanese
СпитакKazakh
SpîtakKurdish
SpitakasLithuanian
SpitakMalay
സ്പിറ്റാക്ക്Malayalam
اسپیتاکMazanderani
SpitakMin Nan Chinese
SpitakNorwegian
SpitakNorwegian Bokmål
СпитакOssetian
اسپیتاکPersian
SpitakPolish
SpitakRomanian
Амамлу (historical)Russian
СпитакRussian
SpitakScots
СпитакSerbian
اسپیتاکSouth Azerbaijani
AmamthSwedish
HamamluSwedish
SpitakSwedish
SpitakTumbuka
SpitakTurkish
СпітакUkrainian
SpitakUpper Sorbian
اسپیٹاکUrdu
SpitakUzbek
SpitakVietnamese
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Localities in the Area
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