Akunk
Akunk is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia, located 6 km northeast of Abovyan 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2,250 residents
- Description: village in Kotayk Province of Armenia
- Also known as: “Akunk, Kotayk” and “Bashgyukh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Poghos Petros Monastery and Saint John the Baptist church.
Poghos Petros Monastery
Church
Photo: Soghomon Matevosyan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Poghos Petros Monastery is a church.
Holy Sign Church
Church
Photo: Soghomon Matevosyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Holy Sign Church is situated 3 km southwest of Akunk.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Katnaghbyur and Kotayk.
Katnaghbyur
Village
Photo: Melqon93, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Katnaghbyur is a town in the Kotayk Province of Armenia.
Kotayk
Village
Photo: Albero, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kotayk, formerly known as Yelgovan, is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia.
Nor Gyugh
Village
Photo: Soghomon Matevosyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nor Gyugh is a town in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. 'Nor Gyugh' translates as 'New Village' in English. The village is mainly populated by Armenians but has a Kurdish minority. Nor Gyugh is situated 3 km west of Akunk.
Akunk
- Categories: village in Armenia and locality
- Location: Akunk Municipality, Kotayk Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
40.26735° or 40° 16′ 3″ northLongitude
44.68507° or 44° 41′ 6″ eastPopulation
2,250Elevation
1,459 metres (4,787 feet)Open location code
8HG67M8P+W2OpenStreetMap ID
node 1890119788OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
616981Wikidata ID
Q590561
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Satellite Map
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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: “Akunk”
- Dutch: “Akoenk”
- Dutch: “Akunk”
- French: “Akunk”
- Georgian: “აკუნქი”
- Italian: “Akunk”
- Malay: “Akunk, Kotayk”
- Malay: “Akunk”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Akunk”
- Persian: “آکونک، کوتایک”
- Persian: “اکانک، کوتایک”
- Persian: “اکانک”
- Polish: “Akunk”
- Russian: “Акунк”
- Scots: “Akunk, Kotayk”
- Scots: “Akunk”
- Spanish: “Akunk”
- Swedish: “Akunk’, Kotajk”
- Swedish: “Akunk‘”
- Turkish: “Akunk”
- Ukrainian: “Акунк”
- Uzbek: “Akunk”
- Vietnamese: “Akunk, Kotayk”
- Vietnamese: “Akunk”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Akunk”. Photo: ASHOT2013, CC BY-SA 3.0.