Surenavan

Place in Ararat, Armenia

Surenavan Սուրենավան
39°45′N 44°48′E / 39.750°N 44.800°E / 39.750; 44.800
Country	Armenia
Province	Ararat
Municipality	Ararat
Population (2008)
• Total	2,434

39°45′N 44°48′E / 39.750°N 44.800°E / 39.750; 44.800

Surenavan (Armenian: Սուրենավան) is a village in the Ararat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia. The village was renamed in 1946 in honor of Suren Spandaryan, a revolutionary.^[1] In tourist routes this village is indicated as a “village of storks” due to the birds nesting here.^[2]

References

^ Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 30, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
^ Phoenix (2021-04-08). "White Storks - A Cultural Icon Of Armenia". Phoenix Tour Armenia. Retrieved 2023-11-25.

External links

Surenavan at GEOnet Names Server
World Gazetteer: Armenia^{[dead link]} – World-Gazetteer.com
Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia