Noratus

Coordinates: 40°22′48″N 45°10′48″E / 40.38°N 45.18°E / 40.38; 45.18

Noratus Նորատուս
The village of Noratus, June 2009.
Noratus Նորատուս
Coordinates: 40°22′48″N 45°10′48″E / 40.38°N 45.18°E / 40.38; 45.18
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.

Gallery

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  Noratus Village as seen from the road to the cemetery.

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  Noraduz Cemetery

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  Chapel located within the cemetery.

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.