Akunk
Akunk is a village in the Talin Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia founded in 1829. Akunk has about 692 residents and an elevation of 1,867 metres.- Type: Village with 692 residents
- Description: village in Aragatsotn Province of Armenia
- Also known as: “Akunk, Aragatsotn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. John (Surb Hovanes) and Chapel of the Savior.
St. John (Surb Hovanes)
Church
Photo: Liveon001, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Mastara Church, also known as Church of Saint John in an early medieval church in Mastara, Armenia. It features a variation of the cruciform plan and central domed church. St. John (Surb Hovanes) is situated 3½ km northwest of Akunk.
Chapel of the Savior
Church
Photo: Soghomon Matevosyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chapel of the Savior is a church, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Akunk.
Church of St. Stepanos Nakhavka
Church
Photo: Armen Manukov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Church of St. Stepanos Nakhavka is situated 4 km northwest of Akunk.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mastara and Karmrashen.
Mastara
Village
Photo: VardanMn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mastara is a village in the Talin Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The 5th-century Armenian Church of S. Hovhannes is situated in the northeastern half of the village, while the church of S. Mastara is situated 3 km northwest of Akunk.
Karmrashen
Village
Karmrashen is a village in the Talin Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The village is home to the Saint Astvatsatsin Church of 1865, a rock cut shrine, ruins of a fortress, and several khachkars. Karmrashen is situated 3½ km east of Akunk.
Yeghnik
Village
Yeghnik, known until 1946 as Dadalu, is a village in the Talin Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The village's church, Saint Nshan, dates back to 1866. Yeghnik is situated 4 km southeast of Akunk.
Akunk
- Categories: village in Armenia, residential area, and locality
- Location: Talin Municipality, Aragatsotn Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.42469° or 40° 25′ 29″ northLongitude
43.90369° or 43° 54′ 13″ eastPopulation
692Elevation
1,867 metres (6,125 feet)Open location code
8HG5CWF3+VFOpenStreetMap ID
way 507629775OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Akunk” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أكونك, آراغاتسوتن”
- Arabic: “أكونك”
- Armenian: “Akunk’”
- Armenian: “Akunq”
- Armenian: “Ակունք”
- Armenian: “Գյոզլի”
- Armenian: “Գյոզլու”
- Armenian: “Գոզլո”
- Azerbaijani: “Gözlü”
- Belarusian: “Акунк”
- Chechen: “Акунк”
- Chinese: “Akunk”
- Dutch: “Akoenk”
- Dutch: “Akunk”
- French: “Akunk”
- Galician: “Akunk”
- Georgian: “აკუნქი”
- Italian: “Akunk”
- Italian: “Gezlu”
- Italian: “Gyuzlu”
- Malay: “Akunk, Aragatsotn”
- Malay: “Akunk”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Akunk”
- Persian: “آکونک، آراگاتسوتن”
- Persian: “اکانک، اراگاتسوتن”
- Persian: “اکانک”
- Polish: “Akunk”
- Russian: “Акунк”
- Scots: “Akunk, Aragatsotn”
- Scots: “Akunk”
- Spanish: “Akunk”
- Turkish: “Akunk”
- Turkish: “Gözlü”
- Ukrainian: “Акунк”
- Uzbek: “Akunk (Aragatsotn)”
- Uzbek: “Akunk”
- Vietnamese: “Akunk, Aragatsotn”
- Vietnamese: “Akunk”
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