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Spitak (Armenian: Սպիտակ), is a town and urban municipal community in the northern Lori Province of Armenia. It is 96 km (60 mi) north of the capital, Yerevan, and 22 km (14 mi) west of the provincial center, Vanadzor. Spitak was entirely destroyed during the devastating 1988 earthquake, and it was rebuilt in a slightly different location. Currently, the town has an approximate population of 11,000 as per the 2016 official estimate.
Spitak (Armenian: Սպիտակ), is a town and urban municipal community in the northern Lori Province of Armenia. It is 96 km (60 mi) north of the capital,...
The 1988 Armenian earthquake, also known as the Spitak earthquake (Armenian: Սպիտակի երկրաշարժ, romanized: Spitaki yerkrasharzh), occurred on December...
Spitak Football Club (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Սպիտակ), is a defunct Armenian football club from the town of Spitak, Lori Province. The club was dissolved...
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...
Spitak Pass is a pass in Armenia crossing the Pambak mountains from Aragatsotn Province to Lori Province at height 2,378m. The M3 highway (Armenia) (de:M3...
damaged much of the country's infrastructure, especially in the cities of Spitak, Leninakan (now Gyumri), Kirovakan (now Vanadzor), and Stepanavan, along...
enterprises are still able to function. In addition, the effects of the 1988 Spitak earthquake, which killed more than 25,000 people and made 500,000 homeless...
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, as well as the restoration work after the Spitak earthquake. In his later life, he has become disabled due to consequences...
Day (East Timor) National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (United States) Spitak Remembrance Day (Armenia) December 8 Battle Day (Falkland Islands) Bodhi...
Hayk Sargsi Kotanjian (Armenian: Հայկ Սարգսի Քոթանջյան, born in 1945 in Leninakan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union) is an Armenian military diplomat, academic...
average at 75.0 years. After a setback during 1986–1996, mostly due to the Spitak earthquake, and the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, Armenia regained its position...
smaller segment of the settlers was originally from the towns of Gyumri and Spitak in Armenia who had lived in temporary shelters following the devastating...
devastating earthquakes have been documented in historical times, including the Spitak earthquake in December 1988 which destroyed the Gyumri-Vanadzor region of...
at benefit concerts to raise money for victims of tragedies such as the Spitak earthquake that killed 25,000 people in northern Armenia in December 1988...
engineering vehicles to deal with the consequences of the earthquake in Spitak, Armenia;[citation needed] Vehicles and systems for resolving the Persian...
in major disasters, especially in earthquakes. The aftermath of the 1988 Spitak earthquake prompted the establishment, in 1995, of the Renal Disaster Relief...
the Republic of Armenia to come into existence. On the North side of the Spitak-Vanadzor highway, about 2 km (1 mi) west of the city, there is a little...
government moved to prevent further ethnic violence. On 7 December 1988, the Spitak earthquake struck, killing an estimated 25,000 to 50,000 people. When Gorbachev...
McCullough, Heather (21 February 2007). "Interior Collapse at School in Spitak, Armenia, 1988". Natural Hazards Image Database. Archived from the original...
of Deep Purple's 1972 song "Smoke on the Water" to raise funds for the Spitak earthquake victims. In 2009, Downes along with Tony Iommi, Ian Gillan and...
which was later lowered to 180 kilometres per hour (110 mph). However, the Spitak earthquake in 1988 and the First Nagorno-Karabakh War caused the project...
The city's population rapidly grew to above 200,000 prior to the 1988 Spitak earthquake, when it was devastated, with the city's population being reduced...
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