Akunk

Akunk is a village in the of , located 6 km northeast of and situated at the foot of Mount Hatis. The village was founded in 1829 by Armenian immigrants from Persia and Western Armenia, while the current population is Armenian and Yazidi.
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  • Village with 2,250 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,459 metres (4,787 feet)
  • Description: village in Kotayk Province of Armenia
  • Also known as
    “Akunk, Kotayk”
    “Bashgyukh”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Surb Karapet and Poghos Petros Monastery.
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is a church.
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is a church.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Katnaghbyur and Kotayk.
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is a village in the of .
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, formerly known as Yelgovan, is a village in the of .
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is a town in the of . is situated 3 km west of Akunk.

Akunk

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Latitude
40.26735° or 40° 16′ 3″ north
Longitude
44.68507° or 44° 41′ 6″ east
Open location code
8HG67M8P+W2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1890119788
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
616981
Wiki­data ID
Q590561

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Akunk” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Akunk’”
  • Armenian: “Akunq”
  • Armenian: “Ակունք”
  • Belarusian: “Акунк”
  • Cebuano: “Akunk‘”
  • Cebuano: “Akunk’”
  • Chechen: “Акунк”
  • Chinese: “阿昆克”
  • Dutch: “Akoenk”
  • Dutch: “Akunk”
  • French: “Akunk”
  • Georgian: “აკუნქი”
  • Italian: “Akunk”
  • Malay: “Akunk, Kotayk”
  • Malay: “Akunk”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Akunk”
  • Persian: “آکونک”
  • Persian: “اکانک، کوتایک”
  • Persian: “اکانک”
  • Polish: “Akunk”
  • Romanian: “Akunk, Kotaik”
  • Russian: “Акунк”
  • Scots: “Akunk, Kotayk”
  • Scots: “Akunk”
  • Spanish: “Akunk”
  • Swedish: “Akunk”
  • Turkish: “Akunk”
  • Ukrainian: “Акунк”
  • Uzbek: “Akunk”
  • Vietnamese: “Akunk, Kotayk”
  • Vietnamese: “Akunk”

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