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Sevan Nisanyan
Sevan may refer to: Places Armenia * Sevan, Armenia, a town located near Lake Sevan in Armenia * Lake Sevan, the largest lake in Armenia * Sevan Island and ''Sevan Peninsula'', a former island now a peninsula in Lake Sevan * Sevan National Park, Armenia Elsewhere * Sevan, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran People Surname * Benon Sevan (born 1937), Cypriot U.N. official * Sevda Sevan (1945–2009), Armenian-Bulgarian writer and ambassador Given name * Sevan Kirder (born 1980), Swiss flautist * Sevan Ross (born 1951), U.S. Buddhist * Sevan Nişanyan (born 1956), Turkish writer * Sevan Bıçakçı (born 1965), Turkish jeweller * Sevan Malikyan (born 1972), British expressive artist of Armenian ancestry Other * Battle of Sevan (924), battle in Armenia * Sevan Marine, a Norwegian company that constructs, owns and operates floating offshore installations * Sevan FC, Armenian football team See also * Sevan khramulya, a species of fish found in Lake Sevan, Arme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sevan, Armenia
Sevan ( hy, Սեւան) is a town and urban municipal community, as well as one of the most popular resorts in Armenia, located in the Gegharkunik Province on the northwestern shores of Lake Sevan. The town is built at a height of more than above sea level, northeast of the capital Yerevan, and north of the provincial centre Gavar. Sevan is surrounded by the Sevan National Park, a natural protected area extending from the northeastern parts of the town to the southwest, while Lake Sevan forms the natural border of the city to the east. As of the 2011 census, the population of the town was 19,229, and as per the 2016 official estimate, the population of Sevan is 19,200. Etymology Sevan was founded as Yelenovka ( hy, Ելենովկա, russian: Еленовка) in 1842 to become a Russian-populated village. It was named after Yelena Pavlovna the daughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia. The town was known as Yelenovka until 1935 when it was renamed Sevan after the Lake Sevan. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
