Kajaran from road E117 (Syunik province, Armenia)
N 39° 08.786 E 046° 10.743
38S E 601886 N 4333688
Great view over mining town Kajaran, located in Syunik province of Armenia, offers road E117 connecting Kajaran with district town Meghri and provincial capital Kapan.
Waymark Code: WMJDVK
Location: Armenia
Date Posted: 11/05/2013
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Great view over mining town Kajaran, located in Syunik province of Armenia, offers road E117 connecting Kajaran with district town Meghri and provincial capital Kapan.
Kajaran (8 498 inhabitants) is a town in the southern Syunik Province of Armenia. The name translates from Armenian as "the place of the brave". It is located 356 km away from Yerevan, 25 km away from Kapan, the regional center, and 50 km from the border of Armenia and Iran. The town is surrounded by vast copper and molybdenum mine, which is the biggest in Armenia and belongs among the most important enterprises in the country.