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Noratus
Նորատուս
The veelage o Noratus, Juin 2009.
The veelage o Noratus, Juin 2009.
Noratus Նորատուս is located in Armenie
Noratus Նորատուս
Noratus
Նորատուս
Coordinates: 40°22′48″N 45°10′48″E / 40.38000°N 45.18000°E / 40.38000; 45.18000
KintraArmenie
ProvinceGegharkunik
Govrenment
 • MayorMurad Harutyunyan
Elevation
1925 m (6,316 ft)
Population
 (2008)
 • Total5,893

Noratus (Armenie: Նորատուս; Romanisit as Noraduz an aw) is a veelage in the Gegharkunik Province o Armenie near the toun o Gavar. It contains the famous Noraduz cemetery. The village contains a monastery an kirk datit tae the 9t century an aw, an a ruined basilica biggit bi Prince Sahak.

Northeast o Noratus, there is Gavar transmitter, a huge Soviet-teep faciity for langwave, mediumwave an shortwave broadcastin.

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References

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  • Noratus at GEOnet Names Server
  • World Gazeteer: Armenia[deid airtin] – World-Gazetteer.com
  • Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie
  • Kiesling, Brady (2005), Rediscovering Armenia: Guide, Yerevan, Armenie: Matit Graphic Design Studio
  • Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 43; oreeginal airchived at Archive.org, an current version online on Armeniapedia.org.