- Byurakan
Infobox Settlement
official_name =Byurakan Բյուրական
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mapsize =150px
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name =Armenia
subdivision_type1 = Marz (Province)
subdivision_name1 =Aragatsotn
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leader_name =
established_title =
established_date =
area_total_km2 =
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population_as_of =2008
population_total =4238
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timezone =
utc_offset = +4
timezone_DST =
utc_offset_DST = +5
latd=40 |latm=20 |lats=24 |latNS=N
longd=44|longm=16 |longs=13 |longEW=E
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coordinates_type = type:city_region:AM
elevation_m = 1460
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image_caption = View of Byurakan as seen from the village of Tegher
imagesize = 300pxByurakan ( _hy. Բյուրական, also
Romanize d as Burakan, Bjurakan, and Biurakan) is a town in the Aragatsotn Province ofArmenia on the slope ofMount Aragats . The town contains the basilica of Saint Hovhannes and is the site of theByurakan Observatory .Gallery
Nearby sites
Towns
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Ashtarak
*Oshakan Villages
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Tegher
* Agarak
*Aghtsk
*Parpi Historical sites
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Amberd fortressReferences
*GEOnet2|32FA881E71F13774E0440003BA962ED3
* [http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-17&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=x World Gazeteer: Armenia] – World-Gazetteer.com
* [http://www.armstat.am/file/doc/70.pdf Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census]
*Kiesling, "Rediscoving Armenia", p. 15, available online at the [http://yerevan.usembassy.gov/armenia.pdf US embassy to Armenia's website]
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