Mount Aragats (Armenian: Արագած, also: Ալագյազ - Alagyaz) is a large andesitic-to-dacitic stratovolcano in northwest Armenia about 40 km northwest of the capital city of Yerevan. It is the highest point in Armenia, located in the province of Aragatsotn, northwest from Yerevan. On its slopes are the Byurakan Observatory and the medieval Amberd Fortress.
Population: 2,707
Latitude: 40° 29' 19.93" N
Longitude: 44° 21' 10.04" E
Zovuni (also, Molla Kasum) is a former village in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Its ruins now lie beneath the Aparan Reservoir. The settlement was famous for the mausoleum of Vardan Momikonyan. Prior to the construction of the dam and flooding…
Vardenut (Armenian: Վարդենուտ; formerly, Shirakala) is a town in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The town was settled in 1829 by emigrants from Persia as part of the exchange of populations under the Treaty of Turkmenchay.
Shenkani (Armenian: Շենկանի; until 1978, Korbulakh, Korbulag, Kr'oyigegh, and K'yorbulagh) is a town in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The town is mostly populated by Yezedi Kurds.
Saralanj (Armenian: Սարալանջ, also Romanized as Saralandzh and Saralandj; formerly, Gadzhi Bagr and Gadzhibagir) is a town in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.
Mijnatun (Armenian: Միջնատուն); formerly known as Kuruboghaz and Ortachya, is a village in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The town is mostly populated by Yezidi Kurds.
Shoghakn (Armenian: Շողակն), is a village in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. It was formerly known as Sachlu nad renamed Norashen between 1946 and 2006.
Kasakh (also, Chamyrlu and Chamrlu) is a town in the Kotayk Province of Armenia.
The Institute for Physical Research (Russian: Институт Физических Исследований; Armenian: Ֆիզիկական Հետազոտությունների Ինստիտուտ) of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia is a physics research institute located in Armenia.
Gitavan (Armenian: Գիտավան, "settlement of knowledge" or "settlement of science") is a name for campus of research institutions in Armenia with habitable area for scientists. Examples are gitavan of Institute for Physical Research and the Institute …
Buravet (also, Persi) is a town in Aragatsotn (province) of Armenia.
Koytul (also, Koytu) is a former town in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.