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Coordinates: 40°22′48″N 45°10′48″E / 40.38°N 45.18°E
Noratus
ՆորատուսThe village of Noratus, June 2009. Coordinates: 40°22′48″N 45°10′48″E / 40.38°N 45.18°E Country Armenia Province Gegharkunik Government – Mayor Murad Harutyunyan Elevation 1,925 m (6,316 ft) Population (2008) – Total 5,893 Noratus (Armenian: Նորատուս; also Romanized as Noraduz) is a village in the Gegharkunik province of Armenia near the town of Gavar. It contains the famous Noraduz cemetery. The village also contains a monastery and church dated to the 9th century, and a ruined basilica built by Prince Sahak.
Northeast of Noratus, there is Gavar transmitter, a huge Soviet-type faciity for longwave, mediumwave and shortwave broadcasting.
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References
- Noratus at GEOnet Names Server
- World Gazeteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia
- Kiesling, Brady (2005), Rediscovering Armenia: Guide, Yerevan, Armenia: Matit Graphic Design Studio
- Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 43; original archived at Archive.org, and current version online on Armeniapedia.org.
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- Gegharkunik geography stubs
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