Stepanavan

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Stepanavan
Ստեփանավան
name_local = Ստեփանավան
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = ARM
subdivision_type1 = Marz
subdivision_name1 = Lori
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population_as_of = 2008
population_total =19,341
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timezone = GMT +4
utc_offset = +4
timezone_DST = GMT+5
utc_offset_DST = +5
latd=41 |latm=00 |lats=34.65 |latNS=N
longd=44 |longm=23 |longs=2.71 |longEW=E
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website = [http://www.stepanavaninfo.am www.stepanavaninfo.am]

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image_caption = Panorama of Stepanavan from Dzoraget bridge
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Stepanavan ( _hy. Ստեփանավան, also Romanized as Step’anavan and Stepahavan; also, Stepanawan-Lori; until 1938 Dzhalal-Ogly, meaning "Son of Jalal", also Romanized as Dzhelaloglu and Dzhalalogly) is the second largest city (after Vanadzor) in the Lori province in Armenia. It was established in 1938 and is located on the river Dzoraget to the north of Bazum ridge on the Lori plateau. Stepanavan is 157 km away from Armenia's capital Yerevan and 30 km away from Vanadzor, which is the third largest city in Armenia after Yerevan and Gyumri. The city is named after the Armenian Bolshevik leader Stepan Shaumyan.

The city suffered major destruction during the Spitak Earthquake of 1988.

Stepanavan is a mountain-climate health resort known for its pine forests. The essential oils, isolated by coniferous trees, possess strong bactericidal properties; therefore mountainous air of Stepanavan, filled with the aroma of pine tree, is useful to patients with respiratory problems. In recent years, there were cases of barbarous and unsanctioned cutting down of trees around the health resort, which, according to ecologists, can have irreversible consequences.

Main attractions

* Dzoraget River
* Lori Berd, medieval Armenian fortress
* Stepanavan Dendropark
* Stepan Shahumyan Museum

Gallery

Dzoraget River as seen from the main bridge in Stepanavan

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Dzoraget_Canyon,_a_popular_recreational_destinationImage:Stepanavan_Dendropark_path.jpg|Stepanavan Dendropark

ee Also

Towns near Stepanavan

*Tashir

Villages near Stepanavan

*Lori Berd
*Bovadzor
*Ledjan
*Agarak
*Amrakits
*Hobardzi

References

*GEOnet2|32FA881E69BF3774E0440003BA962ED3
*ArmenianCensus|162
* [http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-17&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=x World Gazeteer: Armenia] – World-Gazetteer.com