Vanadzor

Vanadzor is an urban municipal community and the third-largest city in , serving as the capital of in the northern part of the country.
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  • Type: City with 76,200 residents
  • Description: city in Armenia
  • Also known as: “Gharakilisa, Kirovakan”, “Karakhs”, and “Korovakan”
  • Historically known as: “Gharak’ilisa”, “Karakilis”, “Karaklis”, “Kirovakan”, “Martunakan”, “Martunashen”, and “Mets Karakilisa”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Theatre Named After H. Abelyan and Stepan Zoryan’s House Museum.

Theater building
Photo: Armineaghayan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a theater building.

Museum
Photo: Armineaghayan, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Stadium
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Vanadzor City Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in Vanadzor, , currently used for football matches. Opened in 1958 as Stadium with a capacity of 5,000 spectators, it served as home to Vanadzor and FC Vanadzor.

Vanadzor

Latitude
40.8112° or 40° 48′ 41″ north
Longitude
44.4852° or 44° 29′ 7″ east
Population
76,200
Elevation
1,368 metres (4,488 feet)
United Nations Location Code
AM VZR
Open location code
8HG6RF6P+F3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 208853190
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
616530
Wiki­data ID
Q62337
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Vanadzor” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Vanadzor”
  • Arabic: “وانادزور”
  • Armenian: “Կարաքիլիսա” (historical)
  • Armenian: “Կարաքլիս” (historical)
  • Armenian: “Կիրովական” (historical)
  • Armenian: “Ղարաքիլիսա” (historical)
  • Armenian: “Ղարաքլիս” (historical)
  • Armenian: “Մարտունական” (historical)
  • Armenian: “Մարտունաշեն” (historical)
  • Armenian: “Մեծ Կարաքիլիսա” (historical)
  • Armenian: “Մեծ Ղարաքիլիսա” (historical)
  • Armenian: “Վանաձոր”
  • Azerbaijani: “Böyük Qarakilsə”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kirovakan”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vаnаdzоr”
  • Basque: “Vanadzor”
  • Belarusian: “Ванадзор”
  • Belarusian: “Каракліс”
  • Belarusian: “Кіравакан”
  • Bengali: “ভানাজোর”
  • Bulgarian: “Ванадзор”
  • Catalan: “Vanadzor”
  • Cebuano: “Vanadzor”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڤانادزۆر”
  • Chechen: “Ванадзор”
  • Chinese: “Vanadzor”
  • Chinese: “基洛瓦坎”
  • Chinese: “瓦纳佐尔”
  • Croatian: “Vanadzor”
  • Czech: “Vanadzor”
  • Danish: “Vanadzor”
  • Dutch: “Karaklis”
  • Dutch: “Kirovakan”
  • Dutch: “Vanadzor”
  • Eastern Mari: “Ванадзор”
  • Esperanto: “Kirovakan”
  • Esperanto: “Vanadzor”
  • Estonian: “Gharakhilisa”
  • Estonian: “Karaklis”
  • Estonian: “Kirovakan”
  • Estonian: “Vanadzor”
  • Finnish: “Karakilisa”
  • Finnish: “Karaklis”
  • Finnish: “Kirovakan”
  • Finnish: “Vanadzor”
  • French: “Karakilisa”
  • French: “Kirovakan”
  • French: “Vanadzor”
  • Georgian: “ვანაძორი”
  • German: “Karakilisa”
  • German: “Vanadzor”
  • German: “Wanadsor”
  • German: “Kirowakan” (historical)
  • Greek: “Βαναντζόρ”
  • Greek: “Βανατζόρ”
  • Gujarati: “વાનાદઝોર”
  • Hebrew: “ונדזור”
  • Hindi: “वनादजोर”
  • Hungarian: “Vanadzor”
  • Iloko: “Vanadzor”
  • Indonesian: “Vanadzor”
  • Italian: “Kirovakan”
  • Italian: “Vanadzor”
  • Japanese: “ヴァナゾール”
  • Japanese: “ヴァナゾル”
  • Japanese: “バナゾール”
  • Japanese: “バナゾル”
  • Kannada: “ವನಾಡ್ಜೋರ್”
  • Kazakh: “Ванадзор”
  • Korean: “바나조르”
  • Latvian: “Vanadzora”
  • Lithuanian: “Karaklis”
  • Lithuanian: “Kirovakanas”
  • Lithuanian: “Vanadzor”
  • Lithuanian: “Vanadzoras”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kirowakan”
  • Luxembourgish: “Wanadsor”
  • Malay: “Vanadzor”
  • Malayalam: “വനാഡ്‌സോർ”
  • Marathi: “वनादझोर”
  • Mazanderani: “وانادزور”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Vanadzor”
  • Mingrelian: “ვანაძორი”
  • Mongolian: “Ванадзор”
  • Northern Frisian: “Wanadsor”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vanadzor”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vanadzor”
  • Norwegian: “Vanadzor”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Vanadzor”
  • Ossetian: “Ванадзор”
  • Ossetian: “Караклис”
  • Ossetian: “Кировакан”
  • Panjabi: “ਵਨਾਦਜ਼ੋਰ”
  • Persian: “وانادزور”
  • Polish: “Kirowakan”
  • Polish: “Wanadzor”
  • Portuguese: “Vanadzor”
  • Portuguese: “Vanazor”
  • Romanian: “Vanadzor”
  • Russian: “Ванадзор”
  • Russian: “Гараклис”
  • Russian: “Гараклиса”
  • Russian: “Караклис” (historical)
  • Russian: “Караклиса”
  • Russian: “Кировакан” (historical)
  • Russian: “Мартунакан” (historical)
  • Russian: “Мартунашен” (historical)
  • Russian: “Мец Каракилиса” (historical)
  • Scots: “Vanadzor”
  • Scots: “Վանաձոր”
  • Serbian: “Ванадзор”
  • Serbian: “Վանաձոր”
  • Silesian: “Wanadzor”
  • Sinhala: “වනඩ්සොර්, ආර්මේනියාව”
  • Sinhala: “වනඩ්සොර්”
  • Slovenian: “Vanadzor”
  • South Azerbaijani: “وانادزور”
  • Spanish: “Vanadzor”
  • Swedish: “Karaklis”
  • Swedish: “Kirovakan”
  • Swedish: “Vanadzor”
  • Tamil: “வாநட்சோர்”
  • Telugu: “వనద్జోర్”
  • Thai: “วานัดซอร์”
  • Turkish: “Kirovakan”
  • Turkish: “Vanadzor”
  • Ukrainian: “Ванадзор”
  • Ukrainian: “Каракліс”
  • Ukrainian: “Кіровакан”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Kirowakan”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Wanadzor”
  • Urdu: “وینڈزور”
  • Uzbek: “Vanadzor”
  • Veps: “Vanadzor”
  • Vietnamese: “Vanadzor”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Vanadzor”
  • Welsh: “Vanadzor”
  • Western Armenian: “Վանաձոր”
  • Wu Chinese: “瓦纳佐尔”

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