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Byurakan () is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia, located on the slope of Mount Aragats. The village is home to several historical sites including the 7th-century Artavazik Church, the 10th-century basilica of Saint Hovhannes and a huge 13th-century khachkar monument.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Byurakan
Settlement.native_name
Բյուրական
Settlement.image_skyline
Byurakan_village.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
View of Byurakan as seen from the village of Tegher
Settlement.imagesize
250px
Settlement.pushpin_map
Armenia#Aragatsotn
Settlement.mapsize
150px
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Armenia
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Aragatsotn
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Ashtarak
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Zarzand Babayan
Settlement.area_total_km2
21.27
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
Settlement.population_total
4,345

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Բյուրական
Country
Armenia
Located in
Erivansky Uyezd
Official language
Armenian
Population
799
Area
21.27
Elevation
1460
Time zone
UTC+04:00
Image
Byurakan village.jpg
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Commons category
Byurakan
located in/on physical feature
Mount Aragats
native label
Բյուրական
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Encyclopedic overview

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Byurakan () is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia, located on the slope of Mount Aragats. The village is home to several historical sites including the 7th-century Artavazik Church, the 10th-century basilica of Saint Hovhannes and a huge 13th-century khachkar monument.

It is also home to the Byurakan Observatory.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Byurakan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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