Goris
city in Armenia
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Summary
Goris is a city or town in Armenia[1]. Goris draws 771 Wikipedia views per month (city or town in armenia category, ranking #23 of 46).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Syunik Province[3], Goris Municipality[4]
- Country: Armenia[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Snadzor[6]
- Instance of: human settlement[7]
- Official language: Armenian[8]
- Shares border with: Verishen[9]
- Twinned administrative body: Vienne[10], Niasviž[11]
- Postal code: 3201–3205[12]
- Commons category: Goris[13]
- Licence plate code: 52[14]
- Located in time zone: UTC+04:00[15]
- Local dialing code: (284)[16]
- Inception: 1870[17]
- Official website: https://goriscity.am[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Goris[19]
- Population: 20,591[20], 17,113[21], 23,261[22], 17,600[23]
- Time of earliest written record: 995[24]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[25], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27]
- Capital of: Goris rayon[28], Goris Municipality[29]
- List of monuments: Cultural heritage monuments in Goris, Syunik[30]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Goris[31]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Goris[32]
- Native label: Գորիս[33]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Goris[34]
- Elevation above sea level: 1370 m[35]
Body
Physical Characteristics
Goris covers an area of 36 km²[36].
Why It Matters
Goris has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Goris is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]