Kapan facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Kapan
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Kapan with Mount Khustup in the background
Country	Armenia
Marz (Province)	Syunik
Area
• Total	35.70 km2 (13.78 sq mi)
Elevation	905.5 m (2,970.8 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Total	45,488
• Density	1,274.17/km2 (3,300.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+4 (GMT+4)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5 (GMT+5)
Website	Kapan Official Website: http://www.kapan.am/

Kapan is a town in the south of Armenia. It was also named Kafan and Madan. It is the capital of the Syunik Province. In 2010 there 45,488 people. Kapan is the city with the most peoplecity in the province and southern Armenia.

Kapan is from the Armenian word kapel which mean "to lock".

Notable landmarks

• Vahanavank monastery
• Baghaberd and Halidzor Fortresses.
• Tatev Monastery
• Monument to David Bek.
• Kapan College of Music
• Kapan Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum
• Kapan Theatre

Sport

• Gandzasar FC - football club
• Lernagorts Kapan FC - football club

Notable People from Kapan

• Ogtay Asadov - Speaker of National Assembly of Azerbaijan
• Karen Sargsyan - Principal choirmaster of the Armenian Opera Theater
• Tatoul Markarian - Armenian ambassador to United States

Images for kids

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  The remains of the 4th-century Baghaberd fortress near Kapan

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  Armenian Genocide memorial

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  Mount Khustup overlooking the town

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  Kapan in October 2013

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  Saint Catherine Greek Orthodox church of Kapan

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  Vahanavank Monastery

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  World War II memorial in Kapan

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  The bear statue of Kajaran's Key

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  A medieval bridge in Kapan dating back to 871

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  The Church of the Holy Mother of God, built in 1086, nestled among the mountains around Kapan

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  Gandzasar Stadium

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  Nagorno-Karabakh conflict cemetery