Dilijan
Dilijan is a town in Tavush Province, Armenia and has about 20,000 residents. Dilijan is situated nearby to the neighborhood Tala, as well as near the locality Soviet children camp.Places of Interest
Highlights include Dilijan Local Lore Museum and Art Gallery and Museum of Armenian Textile.
Dilijan Local Lore Museum and Art Gallery
Museum
Photo: Arman badeyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Regional Museum and Art Gallery of Dilijan is a museum of local history and an art gallery in Dilijan, Armenia. The museum was opened in 1950 by the teacher Yeghishe Hovsepyan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dilijan and Shamakhyan.
Dilijan
Photo: Ben pcc, Public domain.
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.
Shamakhyan
Neighborhood
Shamakhyan is a former village in Armenia, currently absorbed by the town of Dilijan in the Tavush Province. It was not listed in the 2011 official Armenian Census, and is likely included in the census count of the town of Dilijan. Shamakhyan is situated 4 km northwest of Dilijan.
Teghut
Village
Teghut is a village in the Dilijan Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia. Teghut is situated 8 km northeast of Dilijan.
Dilijan
- Type: Town with 20,000 residents
- Categories: residential area and locality
- Location: Tavush Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
40.73088° or 40° 43′ 51″ northLongitude
44.86949° or 44° 52′ 10″ eastPopulation
20,000Open location code
8HG6PVJ9+9QOpenStreetMap ID
way 177131875OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Russian—“Dilijan” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Դիլիջան”
- Russian: “Дилижан”
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