Armenia
Armavir Province
Metsamor Municipality

Aknalich

Aknalich is a village in the of . The village is situated on a lake, after which it is named, to the east of . Aknalich village is the site of the only Yazidi temple in Armenia.
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Photo: Armineaghayan, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lake Ayger and Metsamor site.

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Lake Akna is a small located in the Ararat plain west of Ejmiatsin in . The area of the lake is 0.07 km2, while its maximum depth is 9.4 meters.

Museum
Photo: Sonashen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is the remains of an old fortress located to the southwest of the village of , in the . While a belief was long held according to which the city of Metsamor was destroyed by the Urartians during the Iron Age, researchers now believe it was destroyed by Scythian or Cimmerian nomads. is situated 3 km southeast of Aknalich.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Metsamor and Taronik.

Town
Photo: Spetsnaz1991, CC BY 2.0.
, is a town and urban municipal community in the of . It is famous for being home to Armenia's Nuclear Power Plant, the only nuclear plant in the Transcaucasian region. is situated 3½ km west of Aknalich.

Village
Photo: Sonashen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the of . The Iron Age settlement of is located only 1 km southwest of . is situated 3½ km east of Aknalich.

Village
, is a village in the of . Almost 42% of the population are from the Yazidi minority. is situated 4 km south of Aknalich.

Aknalich

Latitude
40.14568° or 40° 8′ 45″ north
Longitude
44.15797° or 44° 9′ 29″ east
Population
3,210
Elevation
862 metres (2,828 feet)
Open location code
8HG645W5+75
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1379096971
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
616853
Wiki­data ID
Q1144641
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Aknalich” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “آركناليش”
  • Armenian: “Aknalich”
  • Armenian: “Ակնալիճ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ayğırgöl”
  • Belarusian: “Акналіч”
  • Cebuano: “Aknalich”
  • Chechen: “Акналич”
  • Chinese: “Aknalij”
  • Dutch: “Aknalich”
  • Dutch: “Aknalitsj”
  • French: “Aknalij”
  • Georgian: “აკნალიჭი”
  • German: “Aknalitsch”
  • Greek: “Ακναλίτζ”
  • Italian: “Aknalich”
  • Italian: “Aygerlich”
  • Kurdish: “Qulîbeg, Armavîr”
  • Kurdish: “Qulîbeg”
  • Lithuanian: “Aknaličas”
  • Malay: “Aknalich”
  • Malayalam: “അക്നാലിച്ച്”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Aknalij”
  • Persian: “آکنالیج”
  • Persian: “اکنالیچ”
  • Polish: “Aknalicz”
  • Russian: “Акналич”
  • Scots: “Aknalich”
  • Spanish: “Aknalich”
  • Swedish: “Aknalich”
  • Turkish: “Ağırgöl”
  • Turkish: “Aknalich”
  • Ukrainian: “Акналіч”
  • Uzbek: “Aknalich”
  • Vietnamese: “Aknalich”

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