Noratus

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.

Noratus Նորատուս
The veelage o Noratus, Juin 2009.
Noratus Նորատուս
Coordinates: 40°22′48″N 45°10′48″E
Kintra	Armenie
Province	Gegharkunik
Govrenment
• Mayor	Murad Harutyunyan
Elevation	1925 m (6,316 ft)
Population  (2008)
• Total	5,893

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

Gallery

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  Noratus Village as seen frae the road tae the cemetery.
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  Noratus Cemetery
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  Chapel locatit athin the cemetery.

References

• Noratus at GEOnet Names Server
• World Gazeteer: Armenia – 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.