Place:Lorri, Armenia

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NameLorri
Alt namesAM06source: FIPS Change Notice, no. 1 (1998) p 1
Lorisource: Britannica Book of the Year (1998) p 545
Lorri regionsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Lorru Marzsource: Geonames
TypeProvince
Coordinates41°N 44.5°E
Located inArmenia
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Agvi
Akori
Alaverdi
Antarramut
Ardvi
Ayrum
Chochkan
Dsegh
Gugark'
Haghpat
Kachagan
Lerrnhovit
Odzun
Privol'noye
Sanahin
Spitak
Step'anavan
T'umanyan
Tashir
Vanadzor ( 1400 - )
Yagdan
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: GeoNames Geographical Database


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Lori, is a province (marz) of Armenia. It is located in the north of the country, bordering Georgia. Vanadzor is the capital and largest city of the province. Other important towns include Stepanavan, Alaverdi, and Spitak. It is home to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Haghpat and Sanahin monasteries and the well-preserved Akhtala monastery, where Armenians, Georgians, and Greeks make an annual pilgrimage on September 20–21.

The province was heavily damaged during the 1988 Armenian earthquake.

The province is served by the Stepanavan Airport.

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