Aparan

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Aparan is a small town in Armenia’s Aragatsotn Province, known for its proximity to Mount Aragats and its historic churches and monuments.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Aparan canonical 2
Abaran 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
urban settlement ⓘ
adminCenterOf Aparan Municipality ⓘ
belongsTo Republic of Armenia ⓘ
linked to: Armenia
climate cold snowy winters ⓘ
mild to cool summers ⓘ
country Armenia ⓘ
dateOfBattleOfBashAbaran May 1918 ⓘ
distanceFromYerevan about 50 km northwest of Yerevan ⓘ
elevation about 1880 meters above sea level ⓘ
ethnicMajority Armenians ⓘ
event Battle of Bash Abaran ⓘ
formerName Abaran ⓘ
linked to: Aparan

Bash Aparan ⓘ
geographicFeature Aragats volcanic massif (nearby) ⓘ
linked to: Mount Aragats
hasCulturalHeritage early Christian basilicas ⓘ
medieval khachkars ⓘ
hasFeature reservoir for irrigation and drinking water ⓘ
hasIndustry construction materials ⓘ
food processing ⓘ
hasLandmark Aparan Reservoir ⓘ
Battle of Bash Abaran memorial ⓘ
Holy Cross Church of Aparan ⓘ
Hovhannavank Monastery (nearby) ⓘ
Kasagh Basilica ⓘ
linked to: Odzun Basilica

Saghmosavank Monastery (nearby) ⓘ
monument to the Battle of Bash Abaran ⓘ
hasProduct Aparan bottled water ⓘ
historicalRegion Ayrarat ⓘ
knownFor Battle of Bash Abaran in 1918 ⓘ
historic churches ⓘ
medieval monuments ⓘ
proximity to Mount Aragats ⓘ
locatedIn Aragatsotn Province ⓘ
South Caucasus ⓘ
Western Armenia ⓘ
locatedOn Kasagh River ⓘ
mainReligion Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
near Mount Aragats ⓘ
officialLanguage Armenian ⓘ
population about 6500 (early 2020s estimate) ⓘ
regionType mountainous ⓘ
roadConnection connected by road to Gyumri ⓘ
connected by road to Yerevan ⓘ
timeZone UTC+4 ⓘ
transportRoute Yerevan–Spitak–Vanadzor highway ⓘ
writingSystem Armenian alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aparan → formerName → Abaran ⓘ
linked to: Aparan