Akhurik

Akhurik is a village in the Akhuryan Municipality of the of near the Armenia–Turkey border. The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its population was 1,236 in 2010, up from 1,163 at the 2001 census.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Village with 1,120 residents
  • Description: village in Shirak Province of Armenia
  • Historically known as: “Karakilisa Turki” and “Turki Gharakilisa”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Doğukapı railway station.

Railway station
Doğukapı station is a freight station near the / border, on the former Kars–Gyumri railway line. The station name, "Doğukapı" means "the Eastern Gate" in Turkish, referring to the station's being the Turkey's entry point from the USSR. is situated 4 km southwest of Akhurik.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Akhuryan kayaran and Gharibjanyan.

Village
is an abandoned village in the Akhuryan Municipality of the of .

Village
Photo: ZaruhiH, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, known as Aleksandrovka until 1935, is a village in the Akhuryan Municipality of the of . The village was renamed in 1935 in honor of Bolshevik leader Bagrat , killed in 1920.

Village
Photo: Armenak Margarian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the Akhuryan Municipality of the of . Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its population was 601 in 2010, up from 574 at the 2001 census.

Akhurik

Latitude
40.74424° or 40° 44′ 39″ north
Longitude
43.77704° or 43° 46′ 37″ east
Population
1,120
Elevation
1,475 metres (4,839 feet)
Open location code
8HG5PQVG+MR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1415979811
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
616990
Wiki­data ID
Q2536455
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Akhurik” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Axurik”
  • Armenian: “Ախուրիկ”
  • Armenian: “Թուրքի Ղարաքիլիսա” (historical)
  • Azerbaijani: “Türk Qarakilsəsi”
  • Bulgarian: “Ахурик”
  • Chechen: “Ахурик”
  • Chinese: “Akhurik”
  • Dutch: “Achoerik”
  • Dutch: “Akhurik”
  • French: “Akhurik”
  • Georgian: “ახურიკი”
  • Greek: “Αχουρίκ”
  • Italian: “Akhurik”
  • Italian: “Axowrik”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Akhurik”
  • Malay: “Akhurik”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Akhurik”
  • Persian: “آخوریک”
  • Persian: “اخوریک”
  • Polish: “Achurik”
  • Romanian: “Ahurik, Șirak”
  • Russian: “Ахурик”
  • Russian: “Турки Каракилиса” (historical)
  • Scots: “Akhurik”
  • Scots: “Karakilisa Turki”
  • Spanish: “Akhurik”
  • Turkish: “Akhurik”
  • Turkish: “Türk Karakilisesi”
  • Uzbek: “Akhurik”
  • Vietnamese: “Akhurik”

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