Surb Hovhannes

Surb Hovhannes is a church in Meghri Municipality, Syunik Province. Surb Hovhannes is situated nearby to the post office HayPost 3401, as well as near the church Surb Astvatsatsin.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Meghri Fortress.

Meghri Fortress

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Meghri Fortress is an 11th-century Armenian fortress located in the town of Meghri. It is located on a hill overlooking the old section of the town from the north. Meghri Fortress is situated 1 km northeast of Surb Hovhannes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Meghri and Karchevan.

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.

Karchevan

Village

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Karchevan is a village in the Meghri Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia. The village is located in the southern part of the Syunik Province, a short distance from the Aras River - the main tributary of the Kura River, which forms the border with Iran and the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. Karchevan is situated 5 km west of Surb Hovhannes.

Agarak

Town

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Agarak is a town in the Meghri Municipality of the Syunik Province in southern Armenia, founded in 1949. As of 2011, the population of Agarak was 4,429 and the population of Agarak as of 2022 was 3,210. Agarak is situated 5 km southwest of Surb Hovhannes.

Surb Hovhannes

Type: Church
Denomination: Armenian Apostolic
Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Meghri Municipality, Syunik Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude

38.89603° or 38° 53′ 46″ north

Longitude

46.24224° or 46° 14′ 32″ east

Open location code

8HC8V6WR+CV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 729976067

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=armenian_apostolic

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