Karashamb
Karashamb is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. Karashamb is the site of a major archaeological excavation of a Bronze Age cemetery with a number of barrows.Places of Interest
Highlights include Saint George Church and Argel HPP.
Argel HPP
Power station
Photo: Сайга20К, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sevan–Hrazdan Cascade is a complex of hydroelectric power plants on the Hrazdan River and its tributaries between the Lake Sevan and Yerevan in Armenia. Argel HPP is situated 3 km southeast of Karashamb.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karenis and Argel.
Karenis
Village
Photo: Soghomon Matevosyan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Karenis is a village in Kotayk Province of Armenia.
Argel
Village
Photo: Emptyfear, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Argel, formerly Lusakert, is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. Argel is situated 2½ km southeast of Karashamb.
Karashamb
- Type: Village
- Category: locality
- Location: Kotayk Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
40.40052° or 40° 24′ 2″ northLongitude
44.5831° or 44° 34′ 59″ eastOpen location code
8HG6CH2M+66OpenStreetMap ID
way 389605959OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Russian—“Karashamb” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Քարաշամբ”
- Russian: “Карашамб”
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