Goris

city in Armenia

Place City Or Town In Armenia Q319735

Facts

21 properties

Identity

Instance of: city or town in Armenia, human settlement^[5]
Inception: 1870^[13]
Official website: goriscity.am^[14]
Native label: Գորիս^[26]

Location

Country: Armenia^[3]
Coordinate location: 🗺️ 39.511°, 46.342°
Located in or next to body of water: Snadzor^[4]
Located in the administrative territorial entity: Goris rayon, Syunik Province, Zangezursky Uyezd, Goris Municipality^[2]
Shares border with: Verishen^[7]

Population and size

Area: +36^[28]
Elevation above sea level: +1370^[27]
Population: 18k (17k–23k, n=4)^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]

Codes

Local dialing code: (284)^[12]
Postal code: 3201–3205^[10]

More facts +7

Capital of: Zangezursky Uyezd, Goris rayon, Goris Municipality^[23]^[24]
Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[20]^[21]^[22]
List of monuments: Cultural heritage monuments in Goris, Syunik^[25]
Official language: Armenian^[6]
Time of earliest written record: 995^[19]
Twinned administrative body: Vienne, Niasviž^[8]^[9]
Vehicle registration plate code: 52^[11]

🏷️ Also known as

en Goris en Goris (Armenia) ar غوريس de Gerusy el Γκορίς fa گوریس hi गोरिस ja ゴリス ko 고리스 ru Герюсы ru Горис tr Gorus uk Горіс uk Ґоріс zh 戈里斯

🔖 Identifiers · 18

VIAF cluster ID: 153569557
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n00046113
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Goris new mix 2021.jpg ↗
Armeniapedia ID: 1119
Curlie ID: Regional/Asia/Armenia/Syunik/Localities/Goris/
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: place/Goris
Freebase ID: /m/094rwr
GNS Unique Feature ID: -2324834
GeoNames ID: 409323, 174895
J9U entity ID: 987007467730205171
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 3906814
OpenStreetMap relation ID: 10248346

Show all 18 identifiers +6

OpenWeatherMap city ID: 174895
Quora topic ID: Goris-Armenia
Topic's main category: Category:Goris
UN/LOCODE: AMGRS
WOEID: 2214617
Who's on First ID: 421199795

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🔗 Connections

People born here 10

Axel Bakunts, Sero Khanzadyan, Suren Khachatryan, Aram Simonyan, Gusan Ashot, Yuri Bakhshyan, Garegin Petrosyan, Marat Arakelian +2 more

Located in the administrative territorial entity 4

Syunik Province, Zangezursky Uyezd, Goris Municipality, Goris rayon

← Capital 4

Republic of Mountainous Armenia, Zangezursky Uyezd, Goris Municipality, Goris rayon

Capital of 3

Zangezursky Uyezd, Goris Municipality, Goris rayon

Contained subdivisions 2

September 2022 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes, Goris State University

Twinned administrative body 2

Vienne, Niasviž

← Category combines topics 2

Category:Births in Goris, Category:People from Goris

Category for people born here 1

Category:Births in Goris

Category of associated people 1

Category:People from Goris

Country 1

Armenia

Described by source 1

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

Instance of 1

human settlement

Located in this place 1

Goris State University

Located in time zone 1

UTC+04:00

Official language 1

Armenian

People who died here 1

Grigor Aghababyan

Shares border with 1

Verishen

Topic's main category 1

Category:Goris

← Category's main topic 1

Category:Goris

← Contains settlement 1

Goris Municipality

← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1

Syunik Province

← Headquarters location 1

Diocese of Syunik

← Place of burial 1

Gusan Ashot

← Shares border with 1

Verishen

← Twinned administrative body 1

Vienne

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Summary

Goris is a city or town in Armenia^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[3] ↑ Goris — country (P17): Armenia. GEOnet Names Server. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Goris — instance of (P31): human settlement. GEOnet Names Server. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Goris — official language (P37): Armenian. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Goris — shares border with (P47): Verishen. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Goris — located in the administrative territorial entity (P131): Goris Municipality. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Goris — twinned administrative body (P190): Vienne. mca-vienne.fr. Retrieved 2023-09-28. mca-vienne.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Goris — twinned administrative body (P190): Niasviž. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Goris — located in or next to body of water (P206): Snadzor. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Goris — postal code (P281): 3201–3205. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Goris — licence plate code (P395): 52. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Goris — local dialing code (P473): (284). wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Goris — inception (P571): 1870. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Goris — official website (P856): https://goriscity.am. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Goris — population (P1082): 20,591. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Goris — population (P1082): 17,113. armstat.am. armstat.am. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Goris — population (P1082): 23,261. citypopulation.de. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Goris — population (P1082): 17,600. citypopulation.de. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Goris — time of earliest written record (P1249): 995. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Goris — described by source (P1343): Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947). wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Goris — described by source (P1343): Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Goris — described by source (P1343): Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Goris — capital of (P1376): Goris rayon. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Goris — capital of (P1376): Goris Municipality. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Goris — list of monuments (P1456): Cultural heritage monuments in Goris, Syunik. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Goris — native label (P1705): Գորիս. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Goris — elevation above sea level (P2044): 1370 m. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Goris — area (P2046): 36 km². wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Goris is an instance of city or town in Armenia (Q20724701) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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13w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Official website → https://goriscity.am

Located in the administrative territorial entity → Goris rayon, Syunik Province, Zangezursky Uyezd +1

Area → 36 square kilometre

Capital of → Zangezursky Uyezd, Goris rayon, Goris Municipality

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